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 →

2) To testify is to show or prove something: the scars testify to the fight. tree →

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 →
• 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 →
• Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; yea, thine own lips testify against thee. (Writings JOB.15.6, JPS 1917) tree →
• Hear ye, and testify against the house of Jacob, saith the Lord GOD, the God of hosts. (Prophets AMO.3.13, JPS 1917) tree →
• '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 →
• The boy was ready to testify in court. tree →
• The witnesses testified that they saw the man. tree →
• The old stones testify to a long history. tree →

note

nothing for maths

In the corpora

• Hear ye, and testify against the house of Jacob, saith the Lord GOD, the God of hosts.
• Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; yea, thine own lips testify against thee.
• Even now, behold, my Witness is in heaven, and He that testifieth of me is on high.

Trees and pragmatics

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