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# slander

«slander» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **Untrue spoken words that harm someone's good name** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun or verb (slander, slanders, slandered, slandering)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Untrue spoken words that harm someone's good name. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/slander/#m1)

2) To tell lies about someone in order to harm their name. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/slander/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Tanakh slander is a serious wrong. Psalms accuse the wicked of speaking against their own brother, and Proverbs warns against slandering a servant to his master and calls a slanderer a fool. Interpretation: Tradition treats evil speech (lashon hara) as a serious sin, even when it is true. In the primary lessons: in the lessons a wicked person tells lies about a good young queen to the king, so that he will think badly of her

### examples

- Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son. (Writings PSA.50.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/slander/#x1)
- Slander not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty. (Writings PRO.30.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/slander/#x2)
- He that hideth hatred is of lying lips; and he that uttereth a slander is a fool. (Writings PRO.10.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/slander/#x3)
- The spiteful girl spread slander about her friend. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/slander/#x4)
- Don't slander people by telling lies. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/slander/#x5)
- The old woman began to slander the young queen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/slander/#x6)
- Slander can hurt a person deeply. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/slander/#x7)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [They are all grievous revolters, going about with slanders; they are brass and iron; they all of them deal corruptly.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.199/)
- [That hath no slander upon his tongue, nor doeth evil to his fellow, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.179/)
- [Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.837/)
- [He that hideth hatred is of lying lips; and he that uttereth a slander is a fool.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.276/)
- [Slander not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.874/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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