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# לָשַׁן

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H3960

**use the tongue** — used 2 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

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

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

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

**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)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: \[one who\] slanders (1); slander (1).

## In the verses

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

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](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.101.5/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.101.5/#tree)

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.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3960.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3960/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).