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title: רָכִיל — slander · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רָכִיל (7400), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: slander. BDB 1906: slander tale-bearer, informer. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רָכִיל

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«רָכִיל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **slander** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 6 times · **Key:** 7400 · **BDB:** רָכִיל

### Glosses

slander (4); of.slander (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

slander [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7400/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

slander tale-bearer, informer [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7400/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] slander, \> tale-bearer, informer;—always ר׳ abs.;—ר׳ יַהֲלֹךְ Je 9:3, תֵּלֵךְ ר׳ Lv 19:16 (H), הוֹלֵךְ ר׳ Pr 11:13; 20:19, all of going about in slander, as slanderer (Ges§ 118 q); הֹלְכֵי ר׳ Je 6:28 goers of slander (slanderous persons) (cf. הָלַךְ, p. 231 f.); אַנְשֵׁי ר׳ Ez 22:9 men of slander, informers.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רָכִיל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7400/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 11:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.11.13/)

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הוֹלֵ֣ךְ רָ֭כִיל מְגַלֶּה־סּ֑וֹד וְנֶאֱמַן־ר֝֗וּחַ מְכַסֶּ֥ה דָבָֽר׃

*Word for word:* \[one.who\].goes.about slander \[is\].revealing a.secret and \[one.who.is\].faithful of.spirit \[is\].concealing a.matter

*JPS 1917:* He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets; but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth a matter.

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[Proverbs 20:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.20.19/)

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גּֽוֹלֶה־סּ֭וֹד הוֹלֵ֣ךְ רָכִ֑יל וּלְפֹתֶ֥ה שְׂ֝פָתָ֗יו לֹ֣א תִתְעָרָֽב׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].uncovering secret.counsel \[one.who\].goes.about slander and to \[one.who\].opens lips his not you.will.get.involved

*JPS 1917:* He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets; therefore meddle not with him that openeth wide his lips.

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