Proverbs 6:24:5Prov.6.24.W5TAB
לָשׁ֥וֹן
lashon
“tongue”
- Transliteration
- la-SHON
- Extended
- laa-SHOHN
- IPA
- /laːˈʃoːn/
Meaning by language
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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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Word in context
- word
la-SHON
- phraseyour reading level
la-SHON na-khe-ri-YA
- clause
me-khe-le-KAT la-SHON na-khe-ri-YA
- sentence
lish-MAR-kha me-E-shet RA me-khe-le-KAT la-SHON na-khe-ri-YA
Exegesis
This is followed by two parallel prepositional phrases: mēʾeshet rāʿ {מֵאֵשֶׁת רָע | mē-ʾê-šet rā‛} 'from an evil woman' and mĕḥeleqet lāšôn nāḵrîyâ {מֵחֶלְקַת לָשׁוֹן נָכְרִיָּה | mĕ-ḥē-le-qet lā-šôn nā-ḵrî-yā} 'from the smoothness of a foreign tongue.' The construct chain ḥēleqet lāšôn unites “smoothness” with “tongue,” forming a Hebrew idiom for seductive speech. The adjective nāḵrîyâ “foreign” intensifies the warning by highlighting outsider status. English rendering preserves the parallel structure and idiomatic nuance by distinguishing between “speech” and “words.”
In context — Proverbs 6:24
To guard you from an evil woman and from the seductive speech of a foreign woman.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 6:24:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 6:24, so the Hebrew word לָשׁ֥וֹן (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.6.24.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.6.24.W5.S1) and character.