slander
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 →
2) To tell lies about someone in order to harm their name. tree →
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 →
- Slander not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty. (Writings PRO.30.10, JPS 1917) tree →
- He that hideth hatred is of lying lips; and he that uttereth a slander is a fool. (Writings PRO.10.18, JPS 1917) tree →
- The spiteful girl spread slander about her friend. tree →
- Don't slander people by telling lies. tree →
- The old woman began to slander the young queen. tree →
- Slander can hurt a person deeply. tree →
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.
- That hath no slander upon his tongue, nor doeth evil to his fellow, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour;
- Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son.
- He that hideth hatred is of lying lips; and he that uttereth a slander is a fool.
- Slander not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «slander» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.