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# adjuration

noun

«adjuration» in the English dictionary: in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## In Jewish tradition

In Leviticus a witness hears a public oath calling for testimony, and if he stays silent he bears guilt.

**Interpretation.** The rabbis take this to mean that a witness who knows the facts must testify when put under oath, and that silence is a sin needing atonement.

### Meaning

A solemn command or oath, made in God's name, that someone must speak the truth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/adjuration/#m1)

### Examples

- And if any one sin, in that he heareth the voice of adjuration, he being a witness, whether he hath seen or known, if he do not utter it, then he shall bear his iniquity; (Torah LEV.5.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/adjuration/#x1)
- Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul: he heareth the adjuration and uttereth nothing. (Writings PRO.29.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/adjuration/#x2)

### Note

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «adjuration» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/adjuration/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«adjuration» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/adjuration.html) on Mova free.