Proverbs 10:20:3Prov.10.20.W3TAB
לְשׁ֣וֹן
leshon
“of the tongue”
- Transliteration
- le-SHON
- Extended
- leh-SHOHN
- IPA
- /ləˈʃoːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- of the tongue
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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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The word
Word in context
- word
le-SHON
- clause
KE-sef niv-KHAR le-SHON tsa-DIK
- sentence
KE-sef niv-KHAR le-SHON tsa-DIK LEV re-sha-IM kim-E-AT
Exegesis
Proverbs 10:20 presents a parallel antithetical structure where the construct phrase lešōn ṣaddîq {לְשׁ֣וֹן צַדִּ֑יק | lĕ-šōn ṣaḏ-dîq} ‘tongue of the righteous one’ serves as the subject of the first clause, with keseph nivḥar {כֶּ֣סֶף נִ֭בְחָר | kĕ-sĕ-p̄ nĭv-ḥā-r} ‘choice silver’ as predicate complement.
In context — Proverbs 10:20
The tongue of the righteous is choice silver, but the heart of the wicked is worth little .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 10:20:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 10:20, 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 Prov.10.20.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.10.20.W3.S1) and character.