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Bookmark or Share- What is Lashon Hara? - Torah.orgLashon Hara is any derogatory or damaging statement against an individual. In Hilchot Deot 7:5, Maimonides supplies a litmus test for determining whether something is or isn’t Lashon Hara: Anything which, if it would be publicized, would cause the subject physical or monetary damage, or would cause him anguish or fear, is Lashon Hara.
- Lashon hara - WikipediaLashon hara (or loshon horo, or loshon hora) (Hebrew: לשון הרע ; "evil tongue") is the halakhic term for speech about a person or persons that is negative or harmful to them, even though it is true. [4]
- Strong's Hebrew: 3956. לָשׁוֹן (lashon) -- Tongue, language ...לָשׁוֹן (lashon) -- Tongue, language, speech. Word Origin: Derived from an unused root meaning to lick; related to the physical organ and its functions. Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - Strong's Greek 1100 (γλῶσσα, glōssa): Refers to the tongue, language, or speech in the New Testament.
- Lashon Hara (Evil Speech) | My Jewish LearningLashon hara, translated literally as “evil speech,” refers to various types of language prohibited by Jewish law. Colloquially, the term is used to refer to all manner of prohibited speech, whether true or not, and is sometimes translated as “malicious gossip.”
- Lexicon :: Strong's H3956 - lāšôn - Blue Letter Bibleלָשׁוֹן lâshôwn, law-shone'; or לָשֹׁן lâshôn; also (in plural) feminine לְשֹׁנָה lᵉshônâh; from H3960; the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame, a cove of water):— babbler, bay, evil speaker, language, talker, tongue, wedge.
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