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1 לשון-אש
tongue of flame -
2 לשון-יבשה
tongue of land -
3 לישן
לִישָׁן, לִישָׁנָא, לִשָׁ׳m. ch. = h. לָשוֹן, tougue; language; expression; meaning; version. Targ. O. Ex. 4:10. Targ. Y. II Gen. 31:11 לְשָׁן קודשא sacred tongue (Hebrew); Targ. Y. ib. 47 לִישַׁן בית קודשא; ib. 45:12; a. fr.Lev. R. s. 33 כד אנא … את זבן לי ל׳ וכד אנאוכ׳ when I told thee to buy me the best thing in the market, thou boughtest a tongue, and when I told thee to buy me the worst, thou boughtest a tongue?Ḥull.142a ל׳ דר׳וכ׳ he saw the tongue of R. Ḥ. lying on the dunghill.B. Kam.6b ל׳ קלילא ( ḥab for ḥayab, v. חוּב h.) is the easier form (of the Jerusalem dialect).ל׳ מעליא refined expression, euphemism. Ber.11b; a. fr.Ib. 28a ל׳ דתברא הוא has the meaning of breaking. Ḥull.3b להך ל׳ דאמרתוכ׳ according to this, thy interpretation that Sabb.154a (in an editorial gloss) לל׳ בתרא according to the latter version ( אבוה for אחוה); a. v. fr. לישנא אחרינא (abbrev. ל״א) another version (reads), Ib. 104a; a. fr. לישן ביש, לישנא בישא = h. לשין הרע evil gossip, calumny, denunciation; also ל׳ תְלִיתָאֵי the talk about third (absent) persons. Targ. Y. Lev. 19:16; a. e.Arakh.15b ל׳ ת׳ קטל תליתאי Ar. (ed. לשון, corr. acc.) the talk about third persons kills three persons. Ib. כל מילתא … לית בה משום ל׳ ב׳ whatever evil is spoken in the presence of the person concerned is not to be called evil gossip; כל שכן חוצפא ול׳ ב׳ so much the worse, it is impudence and calumny. Ib. 16a כל מילתא … תלתא לית בה משום ל׳ ב׳ whatever has been said in the presence of three is not gossip (if repeated by one of those present); a. fr.Pl. לִישָׁנִין, לִישָׁנַיָּא, לִישָׁנֵי. Targ. Esth. 2:22. Targ. II Esth. 1:2; a. e.Men.65a, v. בִּיל.Keth.91a הנך תרי לִישְׁנָאֵיוכ׳ those first two versions; a. e. -
4 לישנא
לִישָׁן, לִישָׁנָא, לִשָׁ׳m. ch. = h. לָשוֹן, tougue; language; expression; meaning; version. Targ. O. Ex. 4:10. Targ. Y. II Gen. 31:11 לְשָׁן קודשא sacred tongue (Hebrew); Targ. Y. ib. 47 לִישַׁן בית קודשא; ib. 45:12; a. fr.Lev. R. s. 33 כד אנא … את זבן לי ל׳ וכד אנאוכ׳ when I told thee to buy me the best thing in the market, thou boughtest a tongue, and when I told thee to buy me the worst, thou boughtest a tongue?Ḥull.142a ל׳ דר׳וכ׳ he saw the tongue of R. Ḥ. lying on the dunghill.B. Kam.6b ל׳ קלילא ( ḥab for ḥayab, v. חוּב h.) is the easier form (of the Jerusalem dialect).ל׳ מעליא refined expression, euphemism. Ber.11b; a. fr.Ib. 28a ל׳ דתברא הוא has the meaning of breaking. Ḥull.3b להך ל׳ דאמרתוכ׳ according to this, thy interpretation that Sabb.154a (in an editorial gloss) לל׳ בתרא according to the latter version ( אבוה for אחוה); a. v. fr. לישנא אחרינא (abbrev. ל״א) another version (reads), Ib. 104a; a. fr. לישן ביש, לישנא בישא = h. לשין הרע evil gossip, calumny, denunciation; also ל׳ תְלִיתָאֵי the talk about third (absent) persons. Targ. Y. Lev. 19:16; a. e.Arakh.15b ל׳ ת׳ קטל תליתאי Ar. (ed. לשון, corr. acc.) the talk about third persons kills three persons. Ib. כל מילתא … לית בה משום ל׳ ב׳ whatever evil is spoken in the presence of the person concerned is not to be called evil gossip; כל שכן חוצפא ול׳ ב׳ so much the worse, it is impudence and calumny. Ib. 16a כל מילתא … תלתא לית בה משום ל׳ ב׳ whatever has been said in the presence of three is not gossip (if repeated by one of those present); a. fr.Pl. לִישָׁנִין, לִישָׁנַיָּא, לִישָׁנֵי. Targ. Esth. 2:22. Targ. II Esth. 1:2; a. e.Men.65a, v. בִּיל.Keth.91a הנך תרי לִישְׁנָאֵיוכ׳ those first two versions; a. e. -
5 לִישָׁן
לִישָׁן, לִישָׁנָא, לִשָׁ׳m. ch. = h. לָשוֹן, tougue; language; expression; meaning; version. Targ. O. Ex. 4:10. Targ. Y. II Gen. 31:11 לְשָׁן קודשא sacred tongue (Hebrew); Targ. Y. ib. 47 לִישַׁן בית קודשא; ib. 45:12; a. fr.Lev. R. s. 33 כד אנא … את זבן לי ל׳ וכד אנאוכ׳ when I told thee to buy me the best thing in the market, thou boughtest a tongue, and when I told thee to buy me the worst, thou boughtest a tongue?Ḥull.142a ל׳ דר׳וכ׳ he saw the tongue of R. Ḥ. lying on the dunghill.B. Kam.6b ל׳ קלילא ( ḥab for ḥayab, v. חוּב h.) is the easier form (of the Jerusalem dialect).ל׳ מעליא refined expression, euphemism. Ber.11b; a. fr.Ib. 28a ל׳ דתברא הוא has the meaning of breaking. Ḥull.3b להך ל׳ דאמרתוכ׳ according to this, thy interpretation that Sabb.154a (in an editorial gloss) לל׳ בתרא according to the latter version ( אבוה for אחוה); a. v. fr. לישנא אחרינא (abbrev. ל״א) another version (reads), Ib. 104a; a. fr. לישן ביש, לישנא בישא = h. לשין הרע evil gossip, calumny, denunciation; also ל׳ תְלִיתָאֵי the talk about third (absent) persons. Targ. Y. Lev. 19:16; a. e.Arakh.15b ל׳ ת׳ קטל תליתאי Ar. (ed. לשון, corr. acc.) the talk about third persons kills three persons. Ib. כל מילתא … לית בה משום ל׳ ב׳ whatever evil is spoken in the presence of the person concerned is not to be called evil gossip; כל שכן חוצפא ול׳ ב׳ so much the worse, it is impudence and calumny. Ib. 16a כל מילתא … תלתא לית בה משום ל׳ ב׳ whatever has been said in the presence of three is not gossip (if repeated by one of those present); a. fr.Pl. לִישָׁנִין, לִישָׁנַיָּא, לִישָׁנֵי. Targ. Esth. 2:22. Targ. II Esth. 1:2; a. e.Men.65a, v. בִּיל.Keth.91a הנך תרי לִישְׁנָאֵיוכ׳ those first two versions; a. e. -
6 לִישָׁנָא
לִישָׁן, לִישָׁנָא, לִשָׁ׳m. ch. = h. לָשוֹן, tougue; language; expression; meaning; version. Targ. O. Ex. 4:10. Targ. Y. II Gen. 31:11 לְשָׁן קודשא sacred tongue (Hebrew); Targ. Y. ib. 47 לִישַׁן בית קודשא; ib. 45:12; a. fr.Lev. R. s. 33 כד אנא … את זבן לי ל׳ וכד אנאוכ׳ when I told thee to buy me the best thing in the market, thou boughtest a tongue, and when I told thee to buy me the worst, thou boughtest a tongue?Ḥull.142a ל׳ דר׳וכ׳ he saw the tongue of R. Ḥ. lying on the dunghill.B. Kam.6b ל׳ קלילא ( ḥab for ḥayab, v. חוּב h.) is the easier form (of the Jerusalem dialect).ל׳ מעליא refined expression, euphemism. Ber.11b; a. fr.Ib. 28a ל׳ דתברא הוא has the meaning of breaking. Ḥull.3b להך ל׳ דאמרתוכ׳ according to this, thy interpretation that Sabb.154a (in an editorial gloss) לל׳ בתרא according to the latter version ( אבוה for אחוה); a. v. fr. לישנא אחרינא (abbrev. ל״א) another version (reads), Ib. 104a; a. fr. לישן ביש, לישנא בישא = h. לשין הרע evil gossip, calumny, denunciation; also ל׳ תְלִיתָאֵי the talk about third (absent) persons. Targ. Y. Lev. 19:16; a. e.Arakh.15b ל׳ ת׳ קטל תליתאי Ar. (ed. לשון, corr. acc.) the talk about third persons kills three persons. Ib. כל מילתא … לית בה משום ל׳ ב׳ whatever evil is spoken in the presence of the person concerned is not to be called evil gossip; כל שכן חוצפא ול׳ ב׳ so much the worse, it is impudence and calumny. Ib. 16a כל מילתא … תלתא לית בה משום ל׳ ב׳ whatever has been said in the presence of three is not gossip (if repeated by one of those present); a. fr.Pl. לִישָׁנִין, לִישָׁנַיָּא, לִישָׁנֵי. Targ. Esth. 2:22. Targ. II Esth. 1:2; a. e.Men.65a, v. בִּיל.Keth.91a הנך תרי לִישְׁנָאֵיוכ׳ those first two versions; a. e. -
7 לִשָׁ׳
לִישָׁן, לִישָׁנָא, לִשָׁ׳m. ch. = h. לָשוֹן, tougue; language; expression; meaning; version. Targ. O. Ex. 4:10. Targ. Y. II Gen. 31:11 לְשָׁן קודשא sacred tongue (Hebrew); Targ. Y. ib. 47 לִישַׁן בית קודשא; ib. 45:12; a. fr.Lev. R. s. 33 כד אנא … את זבן לי ל׳ וכד אנאוכ׳ when I told thee to buy me the best thing in the market, thou boughtest a tongue, and when I told thee to buy me the worst, thou boughtest a tongue?Ḥull.142a ל׳ דר׳וכ׳ he saw the tongue of R. Ḥ. lying on the dunghill.B. Kam.6b ל׳ קלילא ( ḥab for ḥayab, v. חוּב h.) is the easier form (of the Jerusalem dialect).ל׳ מעליא refined expression, euphemism. Ber.11b; a. fr.Ib. 28a ל׳ דתברא הוא has the meaning of breaking. Ḥull.3b להך ל׳ דאמרתוכ׳ according to this, thy interpretation that Sabb.154a (in an editorial gloss) לל׳ בתרא according to the latter version ( אבוה for אחוה); a. v. fr. לישנא אחרינא (abbrev. ל״א) another version (reads), Ib. 104a; a. fr. לישן ביש, לישנא בישא = h. לשין הרע evil gossip, calumny, denunciation; also ל׳ תְלִיתָאֵי the talk about third (absent) persons. Targ. Y. Lev. 19:16; a. e.Arakh.15b ל׳ ת׳ קטל תליתאי Ar. (ed. לשון, corr. acc.) the talk about third persons kills three persons. Ib. כל מילתא … לית בה משום ל׳ ב׳ whatever evil is spoken in the presence of the person concerned is not to be called evil gossip; כל שכן חוצפא ול׳ ב׳ so much the worse, it is impudence and calumny. Ib. 16a כל מילתא … תלתא לית בה משום ל׳ ב׳ whatever has been said in the presence of three is not gossip (if repeated by one of those present); a. fr.Pl. לִישָׁנִין, לִישָׁנַיָּא, לִישָׁנֵי. Targ. Esth. 2:22. Targ. II Esth. 1:2; a. e.Men.65a, v. בִּיל.Keth.91a הנך תרי לִישְׁנָאֵיוכ׳ those first two versions; a. e. -
8 לעוז
לָעוֹזm. (לָעַז) speaking a foreign tongue, esp. Greek. Y.Meg.II, beg.73a היתה כתובה כהלכתה הל׳ יוצא בה בלעז if the Book of Esther was written according to law (in Hebrew), the Greek-speaking (reading from it) in Greek (translation) performs his duty.Pl. לְעוֹזוֹת. Mish. ib. II, 1 קירין אותה לל׳ בלעז והלוֹעֵזוכ׳ Y. ed. (Bab. a. Mish. ללֹועֲזוֹת) it is read to those speaking a foreign tongue in their tongue, but the foreigner that heard it in Hebrew Y. ib. IV, 75a bot. Tosef. ib. IV (III), 13 בית הכנסת של ל׳ (Var. לעזות) in a synagogue of foreigners; a. e. -
9 לָעוֹז
לָעוֹזm. (לָעַז) speaking a foreign tongue, esp. Greek. Y.Meg.II, beg.73a היתה כתובה כהלכתה הל׳ יוצא בה בלעז if the Book of Esther was written according to law (in Hebrew), the Greek-speaking (reading from it) in Greek (translation) performs his duty.Pl. לְעוֹזוֹת. Mish. ib. II, 1 קירין אותה לל׳ בלעז והלוֹעֵזוכ׳ Y. ed. (Bab. a. Mish. ללֹועֲזוֹת) it is read to those speaking a foreign tongue in their tongue, but the foreigner that heard it in Hebrew Y. ib. IV, 75a bot. Tosef. ib. IV (III), 13 בית הכנסת של ל׳ (Var. לעזות) in a synagogue of foreigners; a. e. -
10 בלע את הלשון
swallowed his tongue, couldn't find his tongue -
11 לשון-אם
mother tongue, native tongue -
12 שפת אם
mother tongue, native tongue -
13 לעז
לַעַזm. (preced.) 1) foreign tongue, esp. Greek. Meg.18a בל׳ יוני the laʾaz (of Mish. II, 1) means Greek. Ib. שכתובה בל׳ יוני Ms. M. (ed. יונית) written in Greek (translation). Ib. בכל ל׳ in any foreign tongue. Y. ib. I, 71b bot.; Y.Sot.VIII, 21c top; Esth. R. to I, 22, v. זֶמֶר I; a. fr. 2) evil talk, disrepute.הוציא ל׳ על to spread evil talk against, to cast suspicion, discredit. Kidd.81a שלא תהא מוציא ל׳ על בניה that you may not (by punishing her for private meeting with a man, v. יִחוּד) cast suspicion on the legitimacy of her children. Snh.43b אל תוציא ל׳ עלוכ׳ do not discredit the decision by lots; a. fr. -
14 לַעַז
לַעַזm. (preced.) 1) foreign tongue, esp. Greek. Meg.18a בל׳ יוני the laʾaz (of Mish. II, 1) means Greek. Ib. שכתובה בל׳ יוני Ms. M. (ed. יונית) written in Greek (translation). Ib. בכל ל׳ in any foreign tongue. Y. ib. I, 71b bot.; Y.Sot.VIII, 21c top; Esth. R. to I, 22, v. זֶמֶר I; a. fr. 2) evil talk, disrepute.הוציא ל׳ על to spread evil talk against, to cast suspicion, discredit. Kidd.81a שלא תהא מוציא ל׳ על בניה that you may not (by punishing her for private meeting with a man, v. יִחוּד) cast suspicion on the legitimacy of her children. Snh.43b אל תוציא ל׳ עלוכ׳ do not discredit the decision by lots; a. fr. -
15 לעט
לָעַט(b. h.; cmp. לָעַס) to swallow, glut. Deut. R. s. 1, beg. (ref. to לת̇ר̇ופ̇ה̇, Ez. 47:12, cmp. Men.98a להת̇יר̇ פ̇ה̇ אלמים) כל מי שהוא אלם ולוֹעֵט הימנהוכ׳ whoever is tongue-tied and eats greedily of it (the Law), will have his tongue loosened Hif. הִלְעִיט to feed an animal by putting food into its mouth, contrad. to אָבַס. Sabb.XXIV, 3 אבל מַלְעִיטִין but you may put food into the camels mouth; Gen. R. s. 63 (with ref. to הלעיטני, Gen. 25:30); Num. R. s. 21. Tosef.B. Kam. VI, 17, ib. Ḥull.III (IV), 19 הִלְעִיטָהּ חלתיתוכ׳ if he made the animal eat asafoetida ; a. e.B. Kam.69a הַלְעִיטֵהוּ לרשעוכ׳ let the wicked (robber) glut it and die. -
16 לָעַט
לָעַט(b. h.; cmp. לָעַס) to swallow, glut. Deut. R. s. 1, beg. (ref. to לת̇ר̇ופ̇ה̇, Ez. 47:12, cmp. Men.98a להת̇יר̇ פ̇ה̇ אלמים) כל מי שהוא אלם ולוֹעֵט הימנהוכ׳ whoever is tongue-tied and eats greedily of it (the Law), will have his tongue loosened Hif. הִלְעִיט to feed an animal by putting food into its mouth, contrad. to אָבַס. Sabb.XXIV, 3 אבל מַלְעִיטִין but you may put food into the camels mouth; Gen. R. s. 63 (with ref. to הלעיטני, Gen. 25:30); Num. R. s. 21. Tosef.B. Kam. VI, 17, ib. Ḥull.III (IV), 19 הִלְעִיטָהּ חלתיתוכ׳ if he made the animal eat asafoetida ; a. e.B. Kam.69a הַלְעִיטֵהוּ לרשעוכ׳ let the wicked (robber) glut it and die. -
17 לשון
לָשוֹןc. (b. h.; לוּש) 1) tongue. Ber.61a, v. חָתַךְ. Bekh.VI, 8 (40a), v. מְדַבֵּר. Lev. R. s. 16; a. v. fr.Pl. לְשוֹנוֹת. Ib. s. 33, beg.; a. e.Transf. a) language. Sot.49b ל׳ סורסי, Syriac, v. סוּרְסִי; לְ׳ הקודש (abbr. לה״ק) Hebrew; ל׳ יונית Greek; a. v. fr.b) expression, phraseology, parlance. Ber.31b, a. fr. כלְשוֹן בני אדם, v. דָּבַר. Y.Ned.VI, beg.39c לְ׳ תורה Biblical usage; לְ׳ב״א common parlance (later Hebrew).ל׳ נקי or ל׳ נקייה decent expression, euphemism. Gen. R. s. 70; s. 86 (ref. to Gen. 39:6) ל׳נ׳ it is a euphemism, i. e. ‘the bread which he ate means his marital life. Pes.3a; a. fr.Ib.b לְ׳ כבוד respectful, chaste language.Par. I, 1 מה הל׳ שלשית what does the expression שלשית mean?Eduy. I, 3; Sabb.15a שחייב אדם לומר בל׳ רבו in transmitting a tradition one must use the very words of the teacher, v. הִין; Ber.47a.ל׳ כפול a reiteration of the same word or an amplification. Cant. R. to I, 16, opp. ל׳ פשוט plain expression, v. infra.ל׳ נופל על ל׳ assonance, alliteration. Gen. R. s. 31 (נָחָש a. נְחשֶׁת); a. e.ל׳ הרע (abbr. לה״ר) evil talk, calumny, gossip, denunciation. Arakh.15b; a. v. fr.לְ׳ זכר, לְ׳ נקבה, v. זָכָר, נְקֵבָה.Pl. as ab. Y.Sabb.XIX, 17a; Y.Yeb.VIII, 8d bot. (ref. to המול ימול, Gen. 17:13) ל׳ ריבויין הן the double expressions intimate amplification (repeated action); ל׳ כפוליןוכ׳ (ל׳ כפולות) they are merely double expressions, the Torah speaking in the usual way (according to popular usage, v. supra); Y.Ned.I, beg.36c. Y.B. Bath.VIII, end, 16c בעלי ל׳ linguists; a. fr. 2) anything tongue-shaped, strip, strap, wedge. Yoma VI, 8, v. זְהוֹרִית. Erub.12a לְ׳ ים a small inlet, creek; a. fr.Pl. as ab. B. Mets.II, 1 ל׳ של ארגמן purple wool coming in straps; Erub.96b, opp. חוטין in threads. Tosef.Kel.B. Mets. VIII, 6 שתי ל׳ two straps of a bed, v. לוּחַ I.Kel. XVIII, 4 מלבן שנתנו על ל׳ a bottom of a bed made to rest on wedge-shaped corner pieces; a. e. -
18 לָשוֹן
לָשוֹןc. (b. h.; לוּש) 1) tongue. Ber.61a, v. חָתַךְ. Bekh.VI, 8 (40a), v. מְדַבֵּר. Lev. R. s. 16; a. v. fr.Pl. לְשוֹנוֹת. Ib. s. 33, beg.; a. e.Transf. a) language. Sot.49b ל׳ סורסי, Syriac, v. סוּרְסִי; לְ׳ הקודש (abbr. לה״ק) Hebrew; ל׳ יונית Greek; a. v. fr.b) expression, phraseology, parlance. Ber.31b, a. fr. כלְשוֹן בני אדם, v. דָּבַר. Y.Ned.VI, beg.39c לְ׳ תורה Biblical usage; לְ׳ב״א common parlance (later Hebrew).ל׳ נקי or ל׳ נקייה decent expression, euphemism. Gen. R. s. 70; s. 86 (ref. to Gen. 39:6) ל׳נ׳ it is a euphemism, i. e. ‘the bread which he ate means his marital life. Pes.3a; a. fr.Ib.b לְ׳ כבוד respectful, chaste language.Par. I, 1 מה הל׳ שלשית what does the expression שלשית mean?Eduy. I, 3; Sabb.15a שחייב אדם לומר בל׳ רבו in transmitting a tradition one must use the very words of the teacher, v. הִין; Ber.47a.ל׳ כפול a reiteration of the same word or an amplification. Cant. R. to I, 16, opp. ל׳ פשוט plain expression, v. infra.ל׳ נופל על ל׳ assonance, alliteration. Gen. R. s. 31 (נָחָש a. נְחשֶׁת); a. e.ל׳ הרע (abbr. לה״ר) evil talk, calumny, gossip, denunciation. Arakh.15b; a. v. fr.לְ׳ זכר, לְ׳ נקבה, v. זָכָר, נְקֵבָה.Pl. as ab. Y.Sabb.XIX, 17a; Y.Yeb.VIII, 8d bot. (ref. to המול ימול, Gen. 17:13) ל׳ ריבויין הן the double expressions intimate amplification (repeated action); ל׳ כפוליןוכ׳ (ל׳ כפולות) they are merely double expressions, the Torah speaking in the usual way (according to popular usage, v. supra); Y.Ned.I, beg.36c. Y.B. Bath.VIII, end, 16c בעלי ל׳ linguists; a. fr. 2) anything tongue-shaped, strip, strap, wedge. Yoma VI, 8, v. זְהוֹרִית. Erub.12a לְ׳ ים a small inlet, creek; a. fr.Pl. as ab. B. Mets.II, 1 ל׳ של ארגמן purple wool coming in straps; Erub.96b, opp. חוטין in threads. Tosef.Kel.B. Mets. VIII, 6 שתי ל׳ two straps of a bed, v. לוּחַ I.Kel. XVIII, 4 מלבן שנתנו על ל׳ a bottom of a bed made to rest on wedge-shaped corner pieces; a. e. -
19 אגלוסיה
aglossia, congenital absence of the tongue; inability to speak -
20 אגלוסייה
aglossia, congenital absence of the tongue; inability to speak
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