Proverbs 15:4:2Prov.15.4.W2TAB
לָ֭שׁוֹן
lashon
“of a tongue”
- Transliteration
- la-SHON
- Extended
- laa-SHOHN
- IPA
- /laːˈʃoːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- of a tongue
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
לָ֭ + שׁוֹן
↓
la + shon
↓
lashon
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
la-SHON
- clause
mar-PE la-SHON ETS kha-YIM
- sentence
mar-PE la-SHON ETS kha-YIM ve-SE-lef BAH SHE-ver be-RU-akh
Root and etymology
l-š-nlamed–shin–nun
“tongue, speech”
In context — Proverbs 15:4
Healing of the tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it is a break in the spirit .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 15:4:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Proverbs 15:4, so the Hebrew word לָ֭שׁוֹן (lashon) 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.15.4.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.15.4.W2.S1) and character.