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 →

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 →
• 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 →
• 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 →
• 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 →

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

Trees and pragmatics

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