Proverbs 26:28:1Prov.26.28.W1TAB
לְֽשׁוֹן־שֶׁ֭קֶר
leshonsheker
“a tongue of falsehood”
- Transliteration
- le-shon-SHE-ker
- Extended
- leh-SHOHN-SHEH-kehr
- IPA
- /ləˈʃoːn.ˈʃɛ.qɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- a tongue of falsehood
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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-shon-SHE-ker
- clause
le-shon-SHE-ker yis-NA da-KA-yv
- sentence
le-shon-SHE-ker yis-NA da-KA-yv u-FE kha-LAK ya-a-SE mid-khe
Exegesis
In the first line, leshon-sheqer {לְשׁוֹן־שֶׁקֶר | lə-šōn šeqer} ‘tongue of lying’ serves as the subject, followed by the imperfect yisna {יִשְׂנָא | yisnāʾ} ‘it hates’ governing daqqaw {דַכָּיו | daqqāw} as object with its pronominal suffix.
Root and etymology
Rootsh-q-r
“falsehood”
In context — Proverbs 26:28
A lying tongue hates its crushed ones , and a smooth mouth causes downfall .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 26:28:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 26:28, so the Hebrew word לְֽשׁוֹן־שֶׁ֭קֶר (leshonsheker) 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.26.28.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.26.28.W1.S1) and character.