{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H3956",
  "lemma": "לָשׁוֹן",
  "transliteration": "lâshôwn",
  "definition": "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…",
  "kjv": "[phrase] babbler, bay, [phrase] evil speaker, language, talker, tongue, wedge.",
  "occurrences": 117,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "H3960",
      "lemma": "לָשַׁן",
      "transliteration": "lâshan",
      "meaning": "to wag the tongue, i.e. to calumniate",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H3960"
    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "לָשׁוֹן n.m. and (more oft.) f. tongue",
    "1. tongue of men",
    "2. = language",
    "3. tongue of animals",
    "4. tongue of fire",
    "5. = (tongue-shaped) wedge of gold",
    "6. = (tongue-shaped) bay of sea"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 10:5",
      "text": "Of these were the islands of the nations divided in their lands, everyone after his language, after their families, in…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/10?v=5"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 10:20",
      "text": "These are the sons of Ham, after their families, according to their languages, in their lands and their nations.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/10?v=20"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 10:31",
      "text": "These are the sons of Shem, by their families, according to their languages, lands, and nations.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/10?v=31"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 4:10",
      "text": "Moses said to the LORD, “O Lord, I am not eloquent, neither before now, nor since you have spoken to your servant; for…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/4?v=10"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 11:7",
      "text": "But against any of the children of Israel a dog won’t even bark or move its tongue, against man or animal, that you may…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/11?v=7"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 28:49",
      "text": "The LORD will bring a nation against you from far away, from the end of the earth, as the eagle flies: a nation whose…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/28?v=49"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Joshua 7:21",
      "text": "When I saw among the plunder a beautiful Babylonian robe, two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold weighing…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/joshua/7?v=21"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Joshua 7:24",
      "text": "Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, the silver, the robe, the wedge of gold, his sons, his…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/joshua/7?v=24"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Joshua 10:21",
      "text": "all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in peace. None moved his tongue against any of the children…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/joshua/10?v=21"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Joshua 15:2",
      "text": "Their south border was from the uttermost part of the Salt Sea, from the bay that looks southward;",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/joshua/15?v=2"
    }
  ],
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}