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title: לָשַׁן — use the tongue · The Tanakh dictionary
description: לָשַׁן (3960), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: use the tongue. BDB 1906: vb. denom. use the tongue slander Poʿel. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# לָשַׁן

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«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.

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

### Glosses

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

### Meaning (OSHB)

use the tongue [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3960/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. denom. use the tongue slander Poʿel [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3960/#m2)

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**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.

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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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3960/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 30:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.30.10/)

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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.

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[Psalms 101:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.101.5/)

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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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