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# רָכִיל

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H7400

**slander** — used 6 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

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

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

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

**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.

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)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: slander (4); of slander (2).

## In the verses

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

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.

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

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.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7400.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7400/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).