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# testify

«testify» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **to tell what you know or saw, especially in a court and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (testifies, testified, testifying)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To testify is to tell what you know or saw, especially in a court and on oath. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/testify/#m1)

2) To testify is to show or prove something: the scars testify to the fight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/testify/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Torah a witness speaks in court, and Moses also "testifies" by warning the people with God's words. Interpretation: The law requires more than one witness for a death sentence, and tradition reads this as protecting against unfair judgment. In the primary lessons: witnesses who tell what they saw; a story can testify that something happened long ago

### examples

- Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be slain at the mouth of witnesses; but one witness shall not testify against any person that he die. (Torah NUM.35.30, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/testify/#x1)
- he said unto them: 'Set your heart unto all the words wherewith I testify against you this day; that ye may charge your children therewith to observe to do all the words of this law. (Torah DEU.32.46, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/testify/#x2)
- Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; yea, thine own lips testify against thee. (Writings JOB.15.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/testify/#x3)
- Hear ye, and testify against the house of Jacob, saith the Lord GOD, the God of hosts. (Prophets AMO.3.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/testify/#x4)
- 'Hear, O My people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: God, thy God, am I. (Writings PSA.50.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/testify/#x5)
- The boy was ready to testify in court. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/testify/#x6)
- The witnesses testified that they saw the man. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/testify/#x7)
- The old stones testify to a long history. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/testify/#x8)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [Hear ye, and testify against the house of Jacob, saith the Lord GOD, the God of hosts.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/AMO.49/)
- [Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; yea, thine own lips testify against thee.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.369/)
- [Even now, behold, my Witness is in heaven, and He that testifieth of me is on high.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.423/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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