Lexical Definition

‎לִשָּׁן‎ lishshân (lish-shawn') tongue ^A:N-M
(Aramaic) corresponding to ‎לָשׁוֹן‎

language.

• speech, i.e. a nation

1) tongue, language
1a) tongue, language
1b) people (fig.)

Extended Information

Aramaic of: לָשׁוֹן

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎לִשָּׁן‎ noun masculine^{Dan 3:7} tongue (ᵑ7 Syriac; see Biblical Hebrew ‎לָשׁוֺן‎, √ ‎לשׁן‎ ); — tongue = language, figurative for people: absolute ‎׳‎‎עַם אֻמָּה וְל‎ Dan 3:29 plural emphatic ‎וְלִשָּׁנַיָּא‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ ‎׳‎‎ע‎ vDan 3:4 vDan 3:7 v.Dan 4:31*; Dan 5:19; Dan 6:26*; Dan 7:14 (compare Biblical Hebrew ‎לָשׁוֺן‎ 2, Isa 66:18). ‎מָא‎ see ‎מָה‎. below

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