לָשַׁן

«לָשַׁן» in the Tanakh dictionary: use the tongue — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 2 times · Key: 3960 · BDB: לָשַׁן

Glosses

[one.who].slanders (1); slander (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

use the tongue tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. denom. use the tongue slander Poʿel tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb. denom. use the tongue, only specif., slander;—Poʿel Pt. מְלָו֯שְׁנִי בַּסֵּתֶר רֵעֵהוּ ψ 101:5 (on form, cf. Ges§ 55 b, 90 l KöLgb. i. § 26). Impf. 2 ms. juss. אַל־תַּלְשֵׁן עֶבֶד וגו׳ Pr 30:10.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «לָשַׁן» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Proverbs 30:10

אַל־תַּלְשֵׁ֣ן עֶ֭בֶד אֶל־אֲדֹנָ֑יו פֶּֽן־יְקַלֶּלְךָ֥ וְאָשָֽׁמְתָּ׃

Word for word: do.not slander a.slave to master(s) his lest he should.curse.you and you.will.be.held.guilty

JPS 1917: Slander not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.

Psalms 101:5

מְלָשְׁנִ֬י בַסֵּ֨תֶר ׀ רֵעֵהוּ֮ אוֹת֪וֹ אַ֫צְמִ֥ית גְּֽבַהּ־עֵ֭ינַיִם וּרְחַ֣ב לֵבָ֑ב אֹ֝ת֗וֹ לֹ֣א אוּכָֽל׃

Word for word: [one.who].slanders in (the) secrecy neighbor his him I.will.destroy [a.person].haughty of.eyes and [a.person].wide of.heart him not I.will.be.able

JPS 1917: Whoso slandereth his neighbour in secret, him will I destroy; whoso is haughty of eye and proud of heart, him will I not suffer.

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