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# adjuration

«adjuration» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **A solemn command or oath, made in God's name, that…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun

### meaning for a pupil

A solemn command or oath, made in God's name, that someone must speak the truth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/adjuration/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Leviticus a witness hears a public oath calling for testimony, and if he stays silent he bears guilt. Interpretation: The rabbis take this to mean that a witness who knows the facts must testify when put under oath, and that silence is a sin needing atonement.

### examples

- And if any one sin, in that he heareth the voice of adjuration, he being a witness, whether he hath seen or known, if he do not utter it, then he shall bear his iniquity; (Torah LEV.5.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/adjuration/#x1)
- Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul: he heareth the adjuration and uttereth nothing. (Writings PRO.29.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/adjuration/#x2)

### note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

### In the corpora

- [Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul: he heareth the adjuration and uttereth nothing.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.856/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «adjuration» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/adjuration/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.