1. לָשׁוֹן
tongue
The corpus record — Hebrew
לִלְשֹׁנ֑וֹ
lashown · n.m
tongue
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Distribution
- Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) 117 · 3.81/10k
Senses
2. לָשׁוֹן
the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame, a cove of water)
Attestations
- לִ/לְשֹׁנ֑/וֹ Genesis 10:5 (BHS)
- לִ/לְשֹֽׁנֹתָ֑/ם Genesis 10:20 (BHS)
- לִ/לְשֹׁנֹתָ֑/ם Genesis 10:31 (BHS)
- לָשׁ֖וֹן Exodus 4:10 (BHS)
- לְשֹׁנ֔/וֹ Exodus 11:7 (BHS)
- לְשֹׁנֽ/וֹ Deuteronomy 28:49 (BHS)
6 of 117 attestations shown.
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