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Hebrew wordlink #273519

OSHB Prov 16:1 לָשׁוֹן (lāshōn) Strongs=3956 Lemma=‘לָשׁוֹן’
contextual word gloss=‘[the]_tongue’ word gloss=‘tongue’
Morphology=Ncbsa PoS=common_noun Gender=both Number=singular State=absolute
Year=-1000

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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 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 3:5 contextual word gloss=‘language’ word gloss=‘language’ OSHB EZE 3:5 word 8

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 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)