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OSHB Eze 3:5 לָשׁוֹן (lāshōn) Strongs=3956 Lemma=‘לָשׁוֹן’
contextual word gloss=‘language’ word gloss=‘language’
Morphology=Ncbsa PoS=common_noun Gender=both Number=singular State=absolute

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Other uses (16) of identical word form לָשׁוֹן (Morphology=Ncbsa PoS=common_noun Gender=both Number=singular State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘לָשׁוֹן’ (Morphology=Ncbsa PoS=common_noun Gender=both Number=singular State=absolute) has 5 different glosses: ‘O_tongue’, ‘[the]_tongue’, ‘a_tongue’, ‘language’, ‘tongue’.

EXO 4:10 contextual word gloss=‘tongue’ word gloss=‘tongue’ OSHB EXO 4:10 word 24

OET-LV: 10 And_ Mosheh _he/it _said to YHWH pardon _me my_master not am_a _man _of words/messages I neither from_yesterday nor from_three _days _ago nor from_then you_to _speak to servant _of_your if/because am_heavy _of mouth and_heavy _of tongue I. (EXO_4:10)

OET-RV: 10 “Oh my master,” Mosheh responded, “I’m not very good at speaking to others—I never have been and still aren’t. I seem to get tongue-tied easily.” (EXO 4:10)

JOB 5:21 contextual word gloss=‘[the]_tongue’ word gloss=‘tongue’ OSHB JOB 5:21 word 2

OET-LV: 21 In_the_whip _of the_tongue you _will _be _hidden and_not you _will _be _afraid from_destruction if/because it _will _come. (JOB_5:21)

OET-RV: 21 He’ll hide you away from hurting words,
⇔ ≈ and when destruction comes, you won’t be afraid. (JOB 5:21)

PSA 12:4 contextual word gloss=‘a_tongue’ word gloss=‘tongue’ OSHB PSA 12:4 word 6

OET-LV: 4  YHWH may _he _cut _off all _of the_lips _of flattering_words/messages a _tongue which_speaks great_things. (PSA_12:4)

OET-RV: 4 These are those who have said, “With our tongues we’ll get whatever we want.
⇔ ≈ When our lips speak, who can tell us what to do?” (PSA 12:4)

PSA 120:3 contextual word gloss=‘O_tongue’ word gloss=‘tongue’ OSHB PSA 120:3 word 7

OET-LV: 3 What will _he _give to/for_yourself(m) and_what will _he _add to/for_you(fs) Oh _tongue deceit. (PSA_120:3)

OET-RV: 3 You deceitful tongue of the enemy,
⇔ what punishment will Yahweh give to you,
⇔ and then what will he add on top of that? (PSA 120:3)

PSA 140:12 contextual word gloss=‘tongue’ word gloss=‘slander’ OSHB PSA 140:12 word 2

OET-LV: 12  a _person _of tongue not let _him _be _established on _the_earth a _person _of violence trouble let_it _hunt _him for_blows. (PSA_140:12)

OET-RV: ⇔  12 I know that Yahweh will act with favour for the poor
⇔ ≈ and with justice to the needy. (PSA 140:12)

PROV 6:24 contextual word gloss=‘tongue’ word gloss=‘tongue’ OSHB PROV 6:24 word 5

OET-LV: 24 To_keep_you from_a _woman _of evil from_smoothness _of tongue a _foreign_woman. (PRO_6:24)

OET-RV: 24 by keeping your from the evil woman—
⇔ from the smooth tongue of a foreign woman. (PRO 6:24)

PROV 15:4 contextual word gloss=‘tongue’ word gloss=‘tongue’ OSHB PROV 15:4 word 2

OET-LV: 4 health _of tongue is_a _tree _of life and_perverseness with_it is_brokenness in_spirit. (PRO_15:4)

OET-RV: 4 A soothing tongue is a tree of life,
⇔ ^ but perversity crushes the spirit. (PRO 15:4)

PROV 16:1 contextual word gloss=‘[the]_tongue’ word gloss=‘tongue’ OSHB PROV 16:1 word 6

OET-LV: 16 To/for_ʼĀdām/humankind the_plans _of the_heart and_is_from_YHWH the_answer _of the_tongue. (PRO_16:1)

OET-RV: 16 People make their own plans,
⇔ → then Yahweh decides what will happen. (PRO 16:1)

PROV 18:21 contextual word gloss=‘[the]_tongue’ word gloss=‘tongue’ OSHB PROV 18:21 word 4

OET-LV: 21 Death and_life are_in_the_hand _of the_tongue and_those _of_who_love _it he _will _eat fruit _of_its. (PRO_18:21)

OET-RV: 21 The tongue has power over life and death,
⇔ → and those who love using it will eat its fruit. (PRO 18:21)

PROV 28:23 contextual word gloss=‘[the]_tongue’ word gloss=‘tongue’ OSHB PROV 28:23 word 7

OET-LV: 23 one _who_reproves a _person after favour he _will _find more_than_one _who_makes _smooth the_tongue. (PRO_28:23)

OET-RV: 23 If you correct another person, you’ll be appreciated in the end
⇔ more than someone who just says what they wanted to hear. (PRO 28:23)

ISA 33:19 contextual word gloss=‘tongue’ word gloss=‘tongue’ OSHB ISA 33:19 word 11

OET-LV: 19 DOM a _people barbarous not you _will _see a _people too_deep _of language for_hearing stammering _of tongue there_is_not understanding. (ISA_33:19)

OET-RV: 19 ◙ (ISA 33:19)

ISA 45:23 contextual word gloss=‘tongue’ word gloss=‘tongue’ OSHB ISA 45:23 word 16

OET-LV: 23 By_myself I _swear it _goes _forth from_my _of_mouth righteousness a _message and_not it _will _return if/because _that to_me every _of it _will _bow _down knee every _of it _will _swear tongue. (ISA_45:23)

OET-RV: 23 ◙
⇔ …
⇔ …
⇔ … (ISA 45:23)

ISA 54:17 contextual word gloss=‘tongue’ word gloss=‘tongue’ OSHB ISA 54:17 word 8

OET-LV: 17 Any _of weapon which_it _will _be _formed on_you not it _will _succeed and_all tongue which_it _will _arise with_you to_judgement you _will _condemn _as _guilty this is_the _inheritance _of the _servants _of YHWH and_their _of_righteousness from_with_me the _utterance _of YHWH. (ISA_54:17)

OET-RV: 17 ◙
⇔ …
⇔ …
⇔ …
⇔ … (ISA 54:17)

ISA 57:4 contextual word gloss=‘a_tongue’ word gloss=‘tongue’ OSHB ISA 57:4 word 9

OET-LV: 4 On whom are _you(pl)_making _fun on whom do _you(pl)_make _wide a _mouth do _you(pl)_make _long a _tongue am_not are_you(pl) children _of transgression offspring _of deception. (ISA_57:4)

OET-RV: 4 ◙
⇔ …
⇔ … (ISA 57:4)

EZE 3:6 contextual word gloss=‘language’ word gloss=‘language’ OSHB EZE 3:6 word 8

OET-LV: 6 Not to peoples many deep _of language and_heavy _of language whom not you _will _understand words/messages _of_their if not to_them I_had _sent _you they they _will _listen to_you. (EZE_3:6)

OET-RV: 6 not to many people groups who speak strange or difficult languages whose words you wouldn’t be able to understand. I’m sure that if it was them that I sent you to, they would’ve listened to you. (EZE 3:6)

EZE 36:3 contextual word gloss=‘a_tongue’ word gloss=‘speech’ OSHB EZE 36:3 word 21

OET-LV: 3 For_so/thus/hence prophesy and_you _will _say thus my_master he _says YHWH because by_cause to _desolate and_to _trample _on you(pl) from_round _about you_to_be a _possession of_the _rest _of the_nations and_you(pl)_have _been _taken _up on a _lip _of a _tongue and_the_whispering _of the_people. (EZE_36:3)

OET-RV: 3 Therefore prophesy and tell them that the master Yahweh says this: Because of your desolation and because of the attacks that came on you from all sides, you’ve ended up belonging to other nations—you’ve been the subject of slanderous lips and tongues, and of people’s stories. (EZE 36:3)

Hebrew words (22) other than לָשׁוֹן (Morphology=Ncbsa PoS=common_noun Gender=both Number=singular State=absolute) with a gloss related to ‘language’

Have 22 other words (שָׂפָה, וּבְלָשׁוֹן, שָׂפָה, וְכִלְשׁוֹנָם, לְשֹׁנוֹ, שְׂפָתָם, לֹעֵז, שְׂפַת, שָׂפָה, כִּלְשׁוֹן, וְכִלְשׁוֹן, לְשֹׁנוֹ, וְשָׂפָה, שְׂפַת, שָׂפָה, לִלְשֹׁנוֹ, שְׂפַת, שְׂפַת, כִּלְשׁוֹנוֹ, כִּלְשֹׁנוֹ, וְלִשָּׁן, כִּלְשׁוֹנוֹ) with 12 lemmas altogether (Lemma=‘לָעַז’, Lemma=‘שָׂפָה’, Lemmas=‘כְּ’, ‘לָשׁוֹן’, ‘הוּא’, Lemmas=‘כְּ’, ‘לָשׁוֹן’, Lemmas=‘לָשׁוֹן’, ‘הוּא’, Lemmas=‘לְ’, ‘לָשׁוֹן’, ‘הוּא’, Lemmas=‘שָׂפָה’, ‘הוּא’, Lemmas=‘וְ’, ‘בְּ’, ‘לָשׁוֹן’, Lemmas=‘וְ’, ‘כְּ’, ‘לָשׁוֹן’, ‘הוּא’, Lemmas=‘וְ’, ‘כְּ’, ‘לָשׁוֹן’, Lemmas=‘וְ’, ‘לִשָּׁן’, Lemmas=‘וְ’, ‘שָׂפָה’)

GEN 10:5 לִלְשֹׁנוֹ (lilshonō) Lemmas=‘לְ’, ‘לָשׁוֹן’, ‘הוּא’ word gloss=‘to_his / its_language’ contextual morpheme glosses=‘to, its_own_of, language’ morpheme glosses=‘with, language_of, its_own’ OSHB GEN 10:5 word 7

OET-LV: 5 From_these the _coastlands _of they _separated the_nations in_their_lands each to_his/its_language to_their_clans in_their_nations. (GEN_10:5)

OET-RV: 5 From all those descendants, people spread out into areas near the coast, each group with their own language, and with all the clans making up their nations. (GEN 10:5)

GEN 11:1 שָׂפָה (sāfāh) Lemma=‘שָׂפָה’ contextual word gloss=‘language’ word gloss=‘language’ OSHB GEN 11:1 word 4

OET-LV: 11 and_ all _of _he/it _was the_earth/land language one and_words/messages one(s). (GEN_11:1)

OET-RV: 11 Now the whole world had a single language and the same words, (GEN 11:1)

GEN 11:6 וְשָׂפָה (vəsāfāh) Lemmas=‘וְ’, ‘שָׂפָה’ word gloss=‘and_(a)_language’ contextual morpheme glosses=‘and, a_language’ morpheme glosses=‘and, language’ OSHB GEN 11:6 word 6

OET-LV: 6 And_ YHWH _he/it _said here a _people one and_(a)_language one to/for_all_them and_this their_beginning for_doing and_now not it _will _be _withheld from_them all that they _will _plan for_doing. (GEN_11:6)

OET-RV: 6 and he said, “Look, they’re just one people group, and they all speak the same language. This is only the beginning of what they can do together—soon they’ll be capable of doing anything they plan to do. (GEN 11:6)

GEN 11:7 שְׂפָתָם (səfātām) Lemmas=‘שָׂפָה’, ‘הוּא’ word gloss=‘their_language’ contextual morpheme glosses=‘language_of, their’ morpheme glosses=‘language_of, their’ OSHB GEN 11:7 word 5

OET-LV: 7 Come_now let _us _go _down and_let _us _confuse there their_language that not they _will _hear each the _language _of his/its_neighbour. (GEN_11:7)

OET-RV: 7 Come on then, let’s go down and confuse their language so that they won’t be able to understand each other’s words.” (GEN 11:7)

GEN 11:7 שְׂפַת (səfat) Lemma=‘שָׂפָה’ contextual word gloss=‘the_language_of’ word gloss=‘language_of’ OSHB GEN 11:7 word 10

OET-LV: 7 Come_now let _us _go _down and_let _us _confuse there their_language that not they _will _hear each the _language _of his/its_neighbour. (GEN_11:7)

OET-RV: 7 Come on then, let’s go down and confuse their language so that they won’t be able to understand each other’s words.” (GEN 11:7)

GEN 11:9 שְׂפַת (səfat) Lemma=‘שָׂפָה’ contextual word gloss=‘the_language_of’ word gloss=‘language_of’ OSHB GEN 11:9 word 10

OET-LV: 9 Therefore yes/correct/thus/so someone _called his/its_name Bāⱱel if/because there YHWH he _confused the _language _of all _of the_earth/land and_from_there he/it _scattered_them YHWH over the _surface _of all _of the_earth/land. (GEN_11:9)

OET-RV: 9 That’s why they named the city ‘Babel’ (meaning ‘mixed-up’) because it was there that Yahweh mixed up everyone’s language and then scattered them over the whole world. (GEN 11:9)

DEU 28:49 לְשֹׁנוֹ (ləshonō) Lemmas=‘לָשׁוֹן’, ‘הוּא’ contextual morpheme glosses=‘language_of, its’ morpheme glosses=‘language_of, him’ OSHB DEU 28:49 word 15

OET-LV: 49 YHWH He _will _raise _up on_you a _nation from_a _distance from_the _end _of the_earth/land just_as it _swoops _down (the)_eagle a _nation which not you _will _understand language _of_its. (DEU_28:49)

OET-RV: 49 Yahweh will send a very distant nation against you. They’ll swoop in like an eagle—speaking a language that you won’t understand. (DEU 28:49)

NEH 13:24 וְכִלְשׁוֹן (vəkilshōn) Lemmas=‘וְ’, ‘כְּ’, ‘לָשׁוֹן’ contextual morpheme glosses=‘and, according, to_[the]_language_of’ morpheme glosses=‘and, as, language_of’ OSHB NEH 13:24 word 9

OET-LV: 24 And_their _of_children half was_speaking Ashdodite and_not_they were_knowing to_ Yəhūdī/(Judean) _speak and_according_to_the_language _of people and_people. (NEH_13:24)

OET-RV: 24 and half of their children spoke a foreign language from those other people groups and couldn’t speak Hebrew. (NEH 13:24)

EST 1:22 כִּלְשׁוֹנוֹ (kilshōnō) Lemmas=‘כְּ’, ‘לָשׁוֹן’, ‘הוּא’ contextual morpheme glosses=‘according, to_of, its_language’ morpheme glosses=‘in, language_of, its_own’ OSHB EST 1:22 word 14

OET-LV: 22 And_he _sent _out documents to all _of the _provinces _of the_king to province and_province according_to _of_its _writing and_near/to people and_people according_to _of_its _language to_be every _of man ruling over_his _own _of_household and_speaking according_to _the _language _of his _people _of_of. (EST_1:22)

OET-RV: 22 and sent letters to every province in his empire. He wrote to every province using its own alphabet and to each people group in its own language. The letters said that men should be the masters over their wives and children, and that a husband should be able to give orders to his wife in his own native language that she should understand and obey. (EST 1:22)

EST 1:22 כִּלְשׁוֹן (kilshōn) Lemmas=‘כְּ’, ‘לָשׁוֹן’ contextual morpheme glosses=‘according, to_the_language_of’ morpheme glosses=‘in, language_of’ OSHB EST 1:22 word 21

EST 3:12 כִּלְשׁוֹנוֹ (kilshōnō) Lemmas=‘כְּ’, ‘לָשׁוֹן’, ‘הוּא’ contextual morpheme glosses=‘according, to_of, its_language’ morpheme glosses=‘in, language_of, its_own’ OSHB EST 3:12 word 33

OET-LV: 12 And_ the _scribes _of _they _were _summoned the_king in_month (the)_first on_thir- teenth day in/on/over_him/it and_it _was _written according_to _all that he _commanded Haman to the _satraps _of the_king and_near/to the_governors who were_over province and_province and_near/to the_officials _of people and_people province and_province according_to _of_its _writing and_people and_people according_to _of_its _language in/on_name _of the_king ʼAḩashvērōsh it_was_written and_it_was_sealed with_the _signet-ring _of the _king. (EST_3:12)

OET-RV: 12 On the thirteenth day of that same month, Haman called in the royal scribes, and he dictated a letter to them. He told them to send copies to the royal officials, the governors of each province, and the leaders of each people group within the empire. The scribes translated the letter so it could be sent to each province using its own alphabet and to each people group in its own language. To show that he was sending the letter under the king’s own authority, Haman sealed each copy of the letter with the ring that had the king’s official seal on it. (EST 3:12)

EST 8:9 כִּלְשֹׁנוֹ (kilshonō) Lemmas=‘כְּ’, ‘לָשׁוֹן’, ‘הוּא’ contextual morpheme glosses=‘according, to_of, its_language’ morpheme glosses=‘in, language_of, its_own’ OSHB EST 8:9 word 39

OET-LV: 9 And_ the _scribes _of _they _were _summoned the_king at_time (the)_that in_month the_third that is_the _month _of Sivan on_day_three and_twenty in/on/over_him/it and_it _was _written according_to _all _of that he _commanded Mārəddəkay to the_Yəhūdī and_near/to the_satraps and_the_governors and_the _officials _of the _provinces which were_from_Hodū/(India) and_unto Kūsh/(Kūsh/(Cush/Ethiopia)) seven and_twenty and_a _hundred province[s] province and_province according_to _of_its _writing and_people and_people according_to _of_its _language and_near/to the_Yəhūdī/(Jews) according_to _of_their _writing and_according_to _of_their _language. (EST_8:9)

OET-RV: 9 It was now June, and the king sent for his scribes and they wrote a letter to the Jews containing everything that Mordekai dictated. It was also addressed to royal officials, and to the governors and leaders in each province. The empire had 127 provinces, extending all the way from India in the east to Ethiopia in the west. The scribes wrote to every province using its own alphabet and to each people group in its own language, and to the Jews in their language and using their alphabet. (EST 8:9)

EST 8:9 וְכִלְשׁוֹנָם (vəkilshōnām) Lemmas=‘וְ’, ‘כְּ’, ‘לָשׁוֹן’, ‘הוּא’ contextual morpheme glosses=‘and, according, to_of, their_language’ morpheme glosses=‘and, in, language_of, their’ OSHB EST 8:9 word 43

PSA 81:6 שְׂפַת (səfat) Lemma=‘שָׂפָה’ contextual word gloss=‘a_language_of’ word gloss=‘language_of’ OSHB PSA 81:6 word 8

OET-LV: 6  a _transcript in_Yōşēf/(Joseph) he_established _it in_his/its_coming _out on the _land _of Miʦrayim/(Egypt) a _language _of (of)_which_not I _knew I _heard. (PSA_81:6)

OET-RV: 6 “I removed the burden from his shoulder.
⇔ His hands were freed from having to hold the basket. (PSA 81:6)

PSA 114:1 לֹעֵז (loˊēz) Lemma=‘לָעַז’ contextual word gloss=‘[who]_spoke_a_foreign_language’ word gloss=‘strange_language’ OSHB PSA 114:1 word 7

OET-LV: 114 When_went _out Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) from_Miʦrayim/(Egypt) the _house _of Yaˊₐqoⱱ/(Jacob) from_a _people who_spoke _a _foreign _language. (PSA_114:1)

OET-RV: 114 When Yisrael (Israel) left Egypt (Heb. Mitsrayim)
⇔ (Yakov’s descendants leaving a people who spoke a foreign language), (PSA 114:1)

ISA 19:18 שְׂפַת (səfat) Lemma=‘שָׂפָה’ contextual word gloss=‘the_language_of’ word gloss=‘language_of’ OSHB ISA 19:18 word 9

OET-LV: 18 in _the_day (the)_that they _will _be five cities in_land of _Miʦrayim the _language _of which_speak of _Kənaˊan/(Canaan) and_which_swear _an _oath to/for_YHWH hosts the _city _of (the)_destruction it _will _be _said of_one. (ISA_19:18)

OET-RV: 18 ◙ (ISA 19:18)

ISA 28:11 וּבְלָשׁוֹן (ūⱱəlāshōn) Lemmas=‘וְ’, ‘בְּ’, ‘לָשׁוֹן’ contextual morpheme glosses=‘and, by, a_language’ morpheme glosses=‘and, in / on / at / with, tongue’ OSHB ISA 28:11 word 4

OET-LV: 11 If/because by_stammerings _of lip and_by_a _language another he _will _speak to the_people (the)_this. (ISA_28:11)

OET-RV: 11 ◙ (ISA 28:11)

ISA 33:19 שָׂפָה (sāfāh) Lemma=‘שָׂפָה’ contextual word gloss=‘language’ word gloss=‘language’ OSHB ISA 33:19 word 8

OET-LV: 19 DOM a _people barbarous not you _will _see a _people too_deep _of language for_hearing stammering _of tongue there_is_not understanding. (ISA_33:19)

OET-RV: 19 ◙ (ISA 33:19)

JER 5:15 לְשֹׁנוֹ (ləshonō) Lemmas=‘לָשׁוֹן’, ‘הוּא’ contextual morpheme glosses=‘language_of, its’ morpheme glosses=‘language_of, whose’ OSHB JER 5:15 word 19

OET-LV: 15 Here_I am_about _to _bring on_you(pl) a _nation from_a _distance Oh _house _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) the _utterance _of YHWH is_a _nation enduring it is_a _nation from_long _ago/eternity it a _nation which_not you _know language _of_its and_not you _hear what does _it _say. (JER_5:15)

OET-RV: 15 ◙ (JER 5:15)

EZE 3:5 שָׂפָה (sāfāh) Lemma=‘שָׂפָה’ contextual word gloss=‘language’ word gloss=‘language’ OSHB EZE 3:5 word 6

OET-LV: 5 If/because not to a _people deep _of language and_heavy _of language you are _being_sent to the _house _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel). (EZE_3:5)

OET-RV: 5 because you aren’t being sent to a people group who speak a strange or difficult language, but to the Israeli people— (EZE 3:5)

EZE 3:6 שָׂפָה (sāfāh) Lemma=‘שָׂפָה’ contextual word gloss=‘language’ word gloss=‘language’ OSHB EZE 3:6 word 6

DAN 3:29 וְלִשָּׁן (vəlishshān) Lemmas=‘וְ’, ‘לִשָּׁן’ contextual morpheme glosses=‘and, language’ morpheme glosses=‘and, language’ OSHB DAN 3:29 word 8

OET-LV: 29 And_from_me a _decree it _is _made that any _of people nation and_language which negligence it _will _say against their _of_god of Shadrach Meshach and_Abed- nego members he _will _be _made and_his _of_house a _refuse-heap it _will _be _made as_to because that not there is_a _god another who he _is _able to_rescue like_this. (DAN_3:29)

OET-RV: 29 I hereby make a decree that any people, nation, or language that speaks anything offensive against the god of Shadrak, Meyshak, and Avednego will have their houses made into rubbish heaps and they’ll be torn limb from limb, because there’s no other god who’s able to save people like that.” (DAN 3:29)