backbite

«backbite» in Mova's judaism dictionary: not there — 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

verb

meaning for a pupil

to speak badly of someone when they are not there tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Psalms and Proverbs it means a secret, spiteful way of talking against others. Interpretation: Tradition counts evil speech, called lashon hara, as a grave wrong. It teaches that a person should not speak ill of others even if it is true.

examples

• With the profanest mockeries of backbiting they gnash at me with their teeth. (Writings PSA.35.16, JPS 1917) tree →
• The north wind bringeth forth rain, and a backbiting tongue an angry countenance. (Writings PRO.25.23, JPS 1917) tree →

note

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

In the corpora

• With the profanest mockeries of backbiting they gnash at me with their teeth.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «backbite» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.