Psalm 15:3:2Ps.15.3.W2TAB
עַל־לְשֹׁנ֗וֹ
alleshono
“against his tongue”
- Transliteration
- al-le-SHO-no
- Extended
- ahl-leh-SHOH-noh
- IPA
- /ʕal.ləʃoˈnoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- against his tongue
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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Word in context
- word
al-le-SHO-no
- phraseyour reading level
LO-ra-GAL al-le-SHO-no
- clause
LO-ra-GAL al-le-SHO-no LO-a-SA le-RE-e-hu ra-A
- sentence
LO-ra-GAL al-le-SHO-no LO-a-SA le-RE-e-hu ra-A ve-kher-PA LO-na-SA al-ke-RO-vo
Exegesis
In the first clause, ragal {רָגַ֨ל | ra-ḡal} ‘he slandered’ combines with the instrument leshono {לְשֹׁנ֗וֹ | lə-šō-nō} ‘his tongue’, highlighting defamation by speech.
The third clause uses ve {וְ־ | wə-} ‘and’ plus cherpah {חֶרְפָּה | ḥer-pāh} ‘reproach’ and nasa {נָשָׂ֥א | nā-sāʾ} ‘he carried’ with al {עַל־ | ʿal} ‘upon’ and kerovo {קְרֹֽבוֹ | qə-rō-ḇō} ‘his close one’, an idiom for spreading shame. The repeated perfect forms coupled with lo deliver a rhythmic insistence on integrity. English renderings preserve the Hebrew sequence and idiomatic sense by using present-tense prohibitions and equivalent expressions.
In context — Psalm 15:3
He does not slander with his tongue, he does no evil to his neighbor, and he does not carry reproach against his close one.
About this coordinate
Psalm 15:3:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Psalm 15:3, so the Hebrew word עַל־לְשֹׁנ֗וֹ (alleshono) 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 Ps.15.3.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.15.3.W2.S1) and character.