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# talebearer

«talebearer» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **A person who spreads gossip or stories about others** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun

### meaning for a pupil

A person who spreads gossip or stories about others. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/talebearer/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: The Torah forbids going about as a talebearer. Interpretation: Tradition calls this lashon hara, or evil speech, and treats it as a serious wrong. Even true gossip can harm people.

### examples

- Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people; neither shalt thou stand idly by the blood of thy neighbour: I am the LORD. (Torah LEV.19.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/talebearer/#x1)
- He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets; therefore meddle not with him that openeth wide his lips. (Writings PRO.20.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/talebearer/#x2)
- He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets; but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth a matter. (Writings PRO.11.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/talebearer/#x3)
- In thee have been talebearers to shed blood; and in thee they have eaten upon the mountains; in the midst of thee they have committed lewdness. (Prophets EZK.22.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/talebearer/#x4)

### note

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

### In the corpora

- [He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets; but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth a matter.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.303/)
- [He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets; therefore meddle not with him that openeth wide his lips.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.577/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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