Job 15:5:6Job.15.5.W6TAB
לְשׁ֣וֹן
leshon
“the tongue of”
- Transliteration
- le-SHON
- Extended
- leh-SHOHN
- IPA
- /ləˈʃoːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- the tongue of
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Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
le-SHON
- phraseyour reading level
le-SHON a-ru-MIM
- clause
ve-tiv-KHAR le-SHON a-ru-MIM
- sentence
KI ye-al-LEF a-VO-ne-kha FI-kha ve-tiv-KHAR le-SHON a-ru-MIM
Exegesis
The phrase leshon arumim {לְשׁוֹן עֲרוּמִים | ləšôn ʿărûmîm} ‘tongue of the crafty’ is a genitive relationship that characterizes the speaker’s adopted mode of communication as aligned with deceitful people; rendering it as “tongue” (formal) or “speech” (dynamic) preserves the Hebrew metaphor for verbal behavior while keeping the parallelism between mouth/tongue and sin/craftiness.
Root and etymology
consonantslamed–shin–nun
“tongue, speech”
In context — Job 15:5
For your iniquity instructs your mouth, and you choose the tongue of the crafty .
About this coordinate
Job 15:5:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Job 15:5, so the Hebrew word לְשׁ֣וֹן (leshon) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Job.15.5.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.15.5.W6.S1) and character.