Etymology?:
from lāšan לָשַׁן ‘to slander’
Roots:
לשׁן
lāšōn n, m
1) tongue
1a) tongue (of men)
1a1) tongue (literal)
1a2) tongue (organ of speech)
1b) language
1c) tongue (of animals)
1d) tongue (of fire)
1e) wedge, bay of sea (tongue-shaped)
Mentioned in Genesis 10:5, 10:20, 10:31 Exodus 4:10, 11:7 Deuteronomy 28:49 Joshua 7:21, 7:24, 10:21, 18:19, 15:2, 15:5 Judges 7:5 2 Samuel 23:2 Isaiah 41:17, 5:24, 50:4, 35:6, 28:11, 33:19, 30:27, 3:8, 66:18, 59:3, 57:4, 11:15, 54:17, 32:4, 45:23 Jeremiah 18:18, 9:4, 5:15, 9:2, 9:7, 23:31 Ezekiel 36:3, 3:26, 3:5, 3:6 Hosea 7:16 Micah 6:12 Zephaniah 3:13 Zechariah 8:23, 14:12 Psalms 12:5, 57:5, 55:10, 52:6, 10:7, 126:2, 68:24, 5:10, 139:4, 31:21, 140:12, 66:17, 51:16, 137:6, 39:2, 45:2, 119:172, 73:9, 39:4, 64:4, 109:2, 71:24, 12:4, 22:16, 34:14, 37:30, 35:28, 52:4, 140:4, 15:3, 120:2, 120:3, 78:36, 64:9, 50:19 Proverbs 16:1, 28:23, 18:21, 15:2, 17:4, 21:6, 12:19, 25:15, 6:24, 10:20, 12:18, 25:23, 26:28, 6:17, 17:20, 15:4, 10:31, 31:26, 21:23 Job 15:5, 6:30, 20:12, 27:4, 20:16, 5:21, 29:10, 33:2, 40:25 Song of Songs 4:11 Lamentations 4:4 Ecclesiastes 10:11 Esther 3:12, 8:9, 1:22 Daniel 1:4 Nehemiah 13:24