Proverbs 21:6:3Prov.21.6.W3TAB

בִּלְשׁ֣וֹן

bilshon

by a tongue

Transliteration
bil-SHON
Extended
bihl-SOHN
IPA
/bilˈʃoːn/

Meaning by language

English
by a tongue

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
בִּלְ + שׁ֣וֹן
bil + shon
bilshon

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Lamedl as in law
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Nun Sofitfinal form of Nun — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    bil-SHON

  2. clause

    PO-al o-tsa-ROT bil-SHON SHA-ker

  3. sentence

    PO-al o-tsa-ROT bil-SHON SHA-ker HE-vel nid-DAF me-vak-she-MA-vet

Exegesis

The instrument phrase bilshon shaqer {בִּלְשׁ֣וֹן שָׁ֑קֶר | bil-šôn šā-qer} ‘deceitful speech’ identifies false speech as the means of gain.

In contextProverbs 21:6

Treasures gained by a deceiving tongue are vapor , a snare of death .

About this coordinate

Proverbs 21:6:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 21:6, so the Hebrew word בִּלְשׁ֣וֹן (bilshon) 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.21.6.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.21.6.W3.S1) and character.