לָשַׁן lâshan — properly, to lick

pronounced law-shan' · Strong's H3960 · 3 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible · 2 stems: Po'el, Hiph'il

Translated in the KJV as accuse, slander.

a primitive root; properly, to lick; but used only as a denominative from H3956; to wag the tongue, i.e. to calumniate.

lâshan in each stem

Po'el 2×

Intensive · active — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject does it

Participle (active) 2

מלושני Ps 101:5 Participle (active), masculine singular

Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer. (KJV)

Hiph'il 1×

Causative · active — causing someone or something to do the action; the subject does it

Jussive 1

תַּלְשֵׁ֣ן Prov 30:10 Jussive, 2nd person masculine singular

Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty. (KJV)

What the stems mean

A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›

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Morphology from OpenScriptures MorphHB (CC BY 4.0); definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); text from the Westminster Leningrad Codex.

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