STRONGS H3956:
Abbreviations
†
לָשׁוֺן noun masculineJoshua 7:29 and (more often)
feminineIsaiah 28:11 tongue (Late Hebrew
id.; also Assyrian
lišânu; Arabic
; Ethiopic
; Aramaic
H3961 לִשָּׁן,
לִישָּׁן,
(all
li-); Zinjirli
לשן DHM
Sendsch. 59); — absolute
ל׳ Exodus 4:10 +;
הַלָּשֹׁן Joshua 15:2; construct
לְשׁוֺן Joshua 7:21 +; suffix
לְשׁוֺנִי 2 Samuel 23:2;
לְשֹׁנוֺ Exodus 11:7 +
2 times;
לְשׁוֺנוֺ Judges 7:5;
Esther 1:22;
לְשׁוֺנְךָ Psalm 34:14;
לְשׁוֺנְכֶם Isaiah 59:3, etc.; plural
לְשֹׁנוֺת absolute
Psalm 31:21;
Isaiah 66:18; construct
Zechariah 8:23; suffix
לְשֹׁנֹתָם Genesis 10:20, 31; —
1. tongue of men,
b. usually as organ of speech, both good and bad (especially Psalms, Proverbs, often ||
פֶּה,
שָׂפָה); —
כְּבַד ל׳ Exodus 4:10 (J)
heavy of tongue;
מַעֲנֵה ל׳ Proverbs 16:1,
מִלָּתוֺ עַללְֿשׁוֺנִי 2 Samuel 23:2, compare
Proverbs 31:26;
Psalm 139:4 (
בִּל׳),
הֲיֵשׁ בִּלְשׁוֺנִי עַוְלָה Job 6:30;
מָוֶת וְחַיִּים בְּיַד ל׳ Proverbs 18:21, compare
Proverbs 21:23;
Proverbs 25:15; of (false) prophets,
הַלֹּקְהִים ל׳ Jeremiah 23:31; subject of verb of speaking,
בֶּר Di —
בִחִכִּי דִּבְּרָה לְשׁוֺנִי Job 33:2;
Psalm 12:4;
Psalm 37:30; compare (
Jeremiah 9:7 below and)
֗֗֗ תְּמַהֵר ל׳ לְדַבֵּר Isaiah 32:4,
לְשׁוֺנִי עֵט סֹפֵר מָהִיר Psalm 45:2, i.e. as swift as a rapid scribe's stylus; subject of
הָגָה Isaiah 59:3;
Job 27:4;
Psalm 35:28;
Psalm 71:24; subject of
נִשְׁבַּע Isaiah 45:23;
תִּהַלַךְ בָּאָרֶץ ל׳ Psalm 73:9; of hostile speech, insolence, etc.,
Joshua 10:21 (J E; object of I.
חָרַץ which see, compare
3 below),
Jeremiah 18:18;
Isaiah 3:8;
זַעַם ל׳ Hosea 7:16 (but text dubious, compare We Now),
חֶרֶב חַדָּה ל׳ Psalm 57:6, compare
Psalm 64:4;
כְּמוֺ נָחָשׁ שָֽׁנְנוּ ל׳ Psalm 140:4;
תָּקוּם אִתָּךְ כָּללֿ׳ Isaiah 54:17;
הֶאֱרִיךְ ל׳ Isaiah 57:4; further,
Jeremiah 9:2;
Jeremiah 9:4; as instrument of seductive flattery (
הֶחֱלִיק), without
בְּ,
Psalm 5:10;
Proverbs 28:33, compare
נָכְרִיָּה חֶלְקַת לָ׳ Proverbs 6:24;. of falsehood
Psalm 78:36 (compare below); of slander (compare
לושֵׁן)
רָגַל עַללֿ׳ Psalm 15:3,
אִישׁ לָשׁוֺן Psalm 140:12, compare
סָ֑תֶר לְ׳ Proverbs 25:33;
חָטָא בְּל׳ Psalm 39:2; compare
Psalm 64:9 (text dubious, see Hup Che Bae); moral qualities ascribed to: — as arrogant
Psalm 12:5 (compare
Psalm 12:4 above); as devising injuries,
הַוּוֺת תַּחְשֹׁב ל׳ Psalm 52:4, compare
הַוֺת לְ׳ Proverbs 17:4;
תַּצְמִיד מִרְמָה ל׳ Psalm 50:19 nectere fraudem;
מֵרָ֑ע נְצֹר ל׳ Psalm 34:14 ׅ ||
(וּשְׂפָתֶיךָ מִדַּבֵּר מִרְמָה; often of lying tongue:
לְשׁוֺן שֶׁקֶר Proverbs 6:17;
Proverbs 12:19;
Proverbs 21:6;
Proverbs 26:28;
Psalm 109:2;
מִרְמָה לְ׳ Psalm 52:6;
רְמִיָּה לָ׳ Micah 6:12;
Psalm 120:2;
Psalm 120:3;
תַּרְמִית לְ׳ Zephaniah 3:13;
תַּהְפֻּכוֹת לְ׳ Proverbs 10:31, and
בִּל׳ נֶהְפָּךְ Proverbs 17:20;
עֲרוּמִים ל׳Job 15:5; also
מִרְמָה דִּבֵּ֑ר ל׳ Jeremiah 9:7; on the other hand
צַדִּיק לְ׳ Proverbs 10:20;
חֲכָמִים ל׳ Proverbs 12:18;
Proverbs 15:2;
לָ׳ מַרְפֵּה מַרְמֵּה לָ׳ Proverbs 15:4;
לִמּוּדִים לְ׳ Isaiah 50:4. — Note phrases
שׁוֺט ל׳ Job 5:21 scourge of (the)
tongue,
רִיב לְשֹׁנוֺת Psalm 31:21;
לְשׁוֺנָם פַּלַּג Psalm 55:10: also
בַּעַל הַלּ׳ Ecclesiastes 10:11 (of serpent-charmer), and
וַתֵּעֲלוּ עַלשְֿׂפַת ל׳ Ezekiel 36:3. — On tongue of
י׳ (once), see
4 below.
2. =
language Deuteronomy 28:49;
Jeremiah 5:15 and later, namely:
Ezekiel 3:5, 6 (
כִּבְדֵי ל׳, ||
עִמְקֵי שָׂפָה, but strike out
Manuscripts Co Sgfr
KauAT),
Isaiah 28:11 (||
אַחֶרֶת ל׳,
לַעֲגֵי שָׂפָה, figurative of
י׳'s unintelligible dealings);
עַם ֗֗֗ נִלְעַג ל׳ Isaiah 33:19 (||
עִמְקֵי שָׂפָה);
Isaiah 66:18 (||
גּוֺיִם),
Zechariah 8:23;
Genesis 10:5, 20, 31 (all P),
Nehemiah 13:24;
Esther 1:22 (twice in verse);
Esther 3:12;
Esther 8:9 (twice in verse);
Daniel 1:4.
4. tongue of fire, devouring,
כֶּאֱכֹל קַשׁ לְשׁוֺן אֵשׁ Isaiah 5:24; compare of
י׳,
וּלְשׁוֺנוֺ כְּאֵשׁ אֹכָ֑לֶת Isaiah 30:27 (||
שְׂפָתָיו מָֽלְאוּ זַעַם).
5. = (
tongue-shaped)
wedge of gold
Joshua 7:21, 24 (JE).
**So Assyrian
lišânu; see Meissn
ZAW xxlii {1905}, 151 f. Johns
Assyrian Deeds 2, 281.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs
Genesis
10:5; 10:20; 10:20; 10:31; 10:31
Exodus
4:10; 4:10; 11:7; 11:7
Deuteronomy
28:49
Joshua
7:21; 7:21; 7:24; 10:21; 15:2; 15:2; 15:5; 18:19
Judges
7:5; 7:5
2 Samuel
23:2; 23:2
Nehemiah
13:24
Esther
1:22; 1:22; 3:12; 8:9
Job
5:21; 6:30; 15:5; 20:12; 20:16; 27:4; 29:10; 33:2
Psalms
5:10; 10:7; 12:4; 12:4; 12:5; 15:3; 22:16; 31:21; 31:21; 34:14; 34:14; 35:28; 37:30; 39:2; 45:2; 50:19; 51:16; 52:4; 52:6; 55:10; 57:6; 64:4; 64:9; 66:17; 68:24; 71:24; 73:9; 78:36; 109:2; 119:172; 120:2; 120:3; 126:2; 137:6; 139:4; 140:4; 140:12
Proverbs
6:17; 6:24; 10:20; 10:31; 12:18; 12:19; 15:2; 15:4; 16:1; 17:4; 17:20; 18:21; 21:6; 21:23; 25:15; 26:28; 31:26
Ecclesiastes
10:11
Song of Songs
4:11
Isaiah
3:8; 5:24; 11:15; 28:11; 28:11; 30:27; 32:4; 33:19; 35:6; 41:17; 45:23; 50:4; 54:17; 57:4; 59:3; 59:3; 66:18; 66:18
Jeremiah
5:15; 9:2; 9:4; 9:7; 9:7; 18:18; 23:31
Lamentations
4:4
Ezekiel
3:5; 3:6; 3:26; 36:3
Daniel
1:4
Hosea
7:16
Micah
6:12
Zephaniah
3:13
Zechariah
8:23; 8:23; 14:12
