H7400 H7400
slander, tale-bearing (abstract act); slanderer, tale-bearer (agent)
Senses
1. slander, tale-bearing (abstract act) — The abstract activity or practice of spreading malicious gossip and slander, rather than the person doing it. English 'slander', Spanish 'calumnia' (slander/defamation), Hindi 'chugli-ki/chuglakhori' (tale-bearing activity), Arabic 'namimah/wishayah' (gossip/tale-bearing as abstract noun), Korean 'jungsang-ui/chamso-ui' (of slander/accusation), Swahili 'usingiziaji/masengenyo' (slandering activity). Both clusters use abstract noun glosses denoting the action itself rather than an agent performing it. 3×
AR["بِـ-الـ-نَّمِيمَةِ","نَمَّامٌ","وِشَايَةٍ"]·ben["নিন্দুকের","পরনিন্দা","পরনিন্দায়"]·DE["[רכיל]"]·EN["as-a-slanderer","slander"]·FR["[רכיל]","dispute"]·heb["רכיל"]·HI["चुगलखोरी","चुगली-करता-है","चुगली-की"]·ID["fitnah","memfitnah"]·IT["[רכיל]"]·jav["fitnah","mawi-fitnah","ngrasani"]·KO["중상의","중상하는-자로","참소의"]·PT["caluniador","calúnia"]·RU["клеветой","клеветы"]·ES["calumnia"]·SW["kusengenya","kwa-usingiziaji","masengenyo"]·TR["dedikodu","dedikodunun"]·urd["غیبت-کے","چغل-خوری-سے","چغل-خوری-کے"]
2. slanderer, tale-bearer (agent) — A person who goes about spreading slander or gossip, the human agent of tale-bearing. English glosses 'slanderer/as-a-slanderer', Spanish 'calumniador/como-chismoso' (slanderer/gossiper), Hindi 'chuglakhor' (tale-bearer), Arabic 'nammam/nammaman' (gossip-monger), Korean 'jungsangmorakhaneun-ja' (one who slanders), Swahili 'msengenyi/mchongezi' (slanderer). These clusters describe the person rather than the abstract act, unified by agent-denoting glosses across all target languages. 3×
AR["بِنَميمَةٍ","نَمَّامًا"]·ben["গোযেন্দা","চোখলকারী","পরচর্চাকারী"]·DE["[רכיל]","slanderer"]·EN["as-a-slanderer","slanderer"]·FR["slanderer","רכיל"]·heb["רכיל"]·HI["चुगलखोर","चुगली-खोर"]·ID["bergunjing","pemfitnah","sebagai-pengumpat"]·IT["as-un-slanderer","slanderer"]·jav["ngarah-ala","nyebar-pitenah","tukang-caturan"]·KO["수군거리는","수군거리며","중상모략하는-자"]·PT["caluniador","como-difamador"]·RU["сплетником"]·ES["calumniador","como-calumniador","como-chismoso"]·SW["kama-mchongezi","msengenyi"]·TR["dedikocucu-olarak","dedikocuyla","dedikoducu"]·urd["چغل-خور","چغل-خوری-سے","چغلی-کھور"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† רָכִיל 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.