H3956 H3956
tongue, physical organ of speech; language, speech of a people; bay, tongue of the sea; bar, tongue-shaped wedge
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×
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"]
Exod 4:10, 2 Sam 23:2, Job 5:21, Job 15:5, Job 20:16, Job 33:2, Ps 12:3, Ps 45:1, Ps 51:14, Ps 52:4, Ps 66:17, Ps 68:23 (+38 more)
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Senses
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×
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. 3×
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. 2×
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.…