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H3956 H3956
Conj-w | N-cs  |  117× in 4 senses
tongue, physical organ of speech; language, speech of a people; bay, tongue of the sea; bar, tongue-shaped wedge

Senses
1. tongue, physical organ of speech The physical tongue in the mouth, including its figurative extension as the instrument of speech used for praise, deceit, slander, or eloquence; Arabic cognate lisan confirms the same primary sense, Korean 혀 (hyeo) and Swahili ulimi/ndimi consistently render this as the anatomical organ across all pronominal suffixes and grammatical inflections. 98×
BODY_HEALTH Body, Body Parts, and Body Products Tongue (Body and Speech)
AR["بِلِسان","لِسانَ","لِسانُ","لِسانُ-","لِسانِ","لِسَانًا","لِسَانٌ","لِسَانٍ","لِسَانَ","لِسَانُ","لِسَانِ","يَا-لِسَانَ"]·ben["জিভ","জিহ্বা","জিহ্বা-","জিহ্বাকে","জিহ্বার"]·DE["Zunge","Zunge-","der-Zunge","der-Zunge-","ein-Zunge-"]·EN["O-tongue-of","a-tongue","a-tongue-of","is-a-tongue-of","is-the-tongue-of","the-tongue","the-tongue-of","tongue","tongue-of"]·FR["langue"]·heb["לשון","לשון-"]·HI["जीभ","जीभ-","जीभ-की","जीभ-को"]·ID["Lidah","lidah","oleh-lidah"]·IT["lingua"]·jav["ilat","ilat-saking","kados","lan-nyurak"]·KO["혀-","혀-가","혀-는","혀-를","혀-여","혀-의","혀가","혀는","혀는-","혀를","혀이","혀이니라","혈를"]·PT["Língua-de","Língua-de-","a-língua","com-língua","língua","língua-de","ó-língua","ó-língua-de"]·RU["язык","язык-","языка","языком","языку"]·ES["Lengua-de","Lengua-de-","con-lengua-de","la-lengua","la-lengua-de","lengua","lengua-de"]·SW["ghuba","ni-ulimi-wa","ulimi","ulimi-wa"]·TR["dil","dil-","dile-","dili","dili-","dilini","dilini-","dilinin","diliyle"]·urd["زبان","زبان-","زبان-سے","لپٹ"]
2. language, speech of a people The tongue as metonymy for a language or speech variety spoken by an ethnic or national group, characteristically appearing in Esther and Genesis 10 contexts with prepositional phrases meaning 'according to their language'; Arabic لُغَة (lugha) distinguishes this from the physical organ, Korean 언어 (eoneo) and Swahili lugha consistently render this as 'language' rather than 'tongue'. 14×
BODY_HEALTH Body, Body Parts, and Body Products Tongue (Body and Speech)
AR["أَلْسِنَةِ","بِ-أَلْسِنَتِهِمْ","بِ-لِسَانِهِ","كَ-لِسَانِ","كَ-لِسَانِهِ","لُغَتَهَا","وَ-بِـ-لِسَانٍ","وَ-كَ-لُغَةِ","وَ-كَ-لِسَانِهِمْ","وَالْأَلْسِنَةِ"]·ben["-এবং-ভাষা","-ভাষায়","আর-ভাষার-অনুসারে","ও-তাদের-ভাষা-অনুসারে","ও-ভাষায়-","তাদের-ভাষায়","তার-ভাষা","তার-ভাষা-অনুসারে","তার-ভাষায়","ভাষার"]·DE["Zunge","nach-ihren-Sprachen","nach-seiner-Sprache","sein-language","und-Zunge","und-in-Zunge","und-wie-Zunge","wie-Zunge"]·EN["according-to-his-language","according-to-its-language","according-to-language-of","according-to-their-languages","and-according-to-their-language","and-as-language-of","and-the-tongues","and-with-another","its-language","tongues-of"]·FR["et-dans-langue","et-langue","langue","selon-leurs-langues","selon-sa-langue","son-language"]·heb["ו-ב-לשון","ו-ה-לשונות","ו-כ-לשון","ו-כ-לשון-ם","כ-לשון","כ-לשון-ו","ל-לשון-ו","ל-לשון-ם","לשונו","לשונות"]·HI["अपनी-भाशा-मेइन","अपनी-भाशाओन-मेइन","उनकी-अपनी-भाषा-में","उनकी-भाषा-में","और-भाषा-में","और-भाषाओं-को","और-से-भाषा","परन्तु-बोलते-थे-भाषा-के-अनुसार","भाषा-उसकी","भाषा-उसकी।","भाषा-में","भाषाओं"]·ID["bahasa","bahasanya","dan-bahasa-bahasa","dan-dengan-bahasa","dan-menurut-bahasa","dan-menurut-bahasanya","menurut-bahasa","menurut-bahasa-bahasa-mereka","menurut-bahasanya"]·IT["e-in-lingua","e-lingua","lingua","secondo-a-loro-languages","secondo-a-suo-language","suo-language"]·jav["basa","basa-nipun","basanipun","lan-basa","lan-kalayan-basa","lan-miturut-basa","lan-miturut-basa-nipun","miturut-basa","miturut-basa-basanipun","miturut-basa-nipun","miturut-basanipun"]·KO["그-언어를","그들의-언어들대로","그리고-그-언어들을","그리고-대로-그들의-언어로","그리고-에-따라-언어","그리고-에-혀로","그의-언어대로","그의-언어를","대로-그들의-언어로","방언의","처럼-언어"]·PT["conforme-língua-de","conforme-língua-sua","e-as-línguas","e-com-língua","e-conforme-língua-de","e-conforme-língua-sua","línguas-das","para-língua-dele","para-línguas-deles","sua-língua"]·RU["и-hа-языки","и-по-языку","и-по-языку-их","и-языком","по-языкам-их","по-языку-его","по-языку-своему","язык-его","языка-его","языков","языком","языком-его"]·ES["conforme-a-su-lengua","lenguas-de","según-lengua-de","según-su-lengua","según-sus-lenguas","su-lengua","y-como-lengua-de","y-conforme-a-su-lengua","y-en-lengua","y-las-lenguas"]·SW["kama-lugha-ya","kwa-lugha-yake","kwa-lugha-zao","la-mfalme","lugha-yake","lugha-zote-za","mwanaume","na-kama-lugha-yao","na-kwa-Wayahudi","na-kwa-lugha","na-kwa-lugha-ya","na-lugha"]·TR["dilinde-","diline-göre","diline-göre-","dilini","dilini-onun","dillerinden-","dillerine-göre","ve-diline-göre","ve-diliyle","ve-dilleri","ve-dillerine-göre-"]·urd["اس-کی-زبان-میں","اور-ان-کی-زبان-میں","اور-زبان-سے","اور-زبان-کے-موافق","اور-زبانوں","زبان","زبان-اُس-کی","زبان-اپنی-کے-مطابق","زبانوں","زبانوں-اپنی-کے-مطابق","میں-زبان"]
3. bay, tongue of the sea A tongue-shaped geographic feature, specifically a bay or inlet of the sea as in Joshua 15:2, 15:5, and 18:19; Hindi खाड़ी (khadi) and Swahili ghuba ('gulf/bay') confirm this as a distinct geographic sense separate from the anatomical or linguistic meanings.
PROPERTIES_RELATIONS Nature, Class, Example Geography and Space
AR["اللِّسانِ","لِسانِ","مِنْ-لِسانِ"]·ben["কাছে-","জিহ্বা","জিহ্বা-থেকে"]·DE["der-tongue","tongue-von","von-tongue-von"]·EN["from-tongue-of","the-tongue","tongue-of"]·FR["de-tongue-de","le-tongue","tongue-de"]·heb["ה-לשון","לשון","מ-לשון"]·HI["खाड़ी","खाड़ी-से","जीभ"]·ID["dari-teluk","teluk"]·IT["da-lingua-di","il-lingua","lingua-di"]·jav["pucuk","saking-pucuk"]·KO["그-혀에서","에서-혀에서","혀"]·PT["a-língua","de-língua-de","língua-de"]·RU["от-языка","языка","языку"]·ES["desde-la-lengua-de","la-lengua","la-lengua-de"]·SW["ghuba","ghuba-ya","kutoka-ghuba-ya"]·TR["dil","dilinden","diline"]·urd["زبان","زبان-سے","کھاڑی"]
4. bar, tongue-shaped wedge A tongue-shaped solid object, specifically a bar or wedge of gold as in Joshua 7:21 and 7:24; Korean 혀–모양 (hyeo-moyang, 'tongue-shape') and Swahili kipande ('piece/bar') distinguish this from all other senses as a physical object defined by its tongue-like shape.
PROPERTIES_RELATIONS Nature, Class, Example Geography and Space
AR["لِسانِ","وَ-لِسانَ"]·ben["এবং-একটি-জিভ","জিভ"]·DE["der-bar-von","und-ein-bar-von"]·EN["and-a-bar-of","the-bar-of"]·FR["et-un-bar-de","le-bar-de"]·heb["ו-לשון","לשון"]·HI["और-जीभ","जीभ"]·ID["batang","dan-batang"]·IT["e-un-bar-di","il-bar-di"]·jav["batangan","lan-batangan"]·KO["그리고-혀-모양을","혀-모양의"]·PT["e-língua-de","língua-de"]·RU["и-слиток","слиток"]·ES["lengua-de","y-lengua-de"]·SW["kipande-cha","na-kipande-cha"]·TR["dilini","ve-dil"]·urd["اور-زبان","زبان"]

BDB / Lexicon Reference
לָשׁוֹן n.m. Jos 7:21 and (more often) f. Is 28:11 tongue (NH id.; also Assyrian lišânu; Arabic لِسَانٌ; Ethiopic ልሳn; Aramaic לִשָּׁן, לִיּשָּׁן, ܠܶܫܳܢܳܐ (all li-); Zinj. לשן DHMSendsch. 59);—abs. ל׳ Ex 4:10 +; הַלָּשֹׁן Jos 15:2; cstr. לְשׁוֹן Jos 7:21 +; sf. לְשׁוֹנִי 2 S 23:2; לְשֹׁנוֹ Ex 11:7 + 2 times; לְשׁוֹנוֹ Ju 7:5; Est 1:22; לְשׁוֹנְךָ ψ 34:14; לְשׁוֹנְכֶם Is 59:3, etc.; pl.