See בלשן in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"lang_code": "he",
"pos": "noun",
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"glosses": [
"linguist"
],
"links": [
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"linguist",
"linguist"
]
]
}
],
"word": "בלשן"
}
Download raw JSONL data for בלשן meaning in Hebrew (7.2kB)
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