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You shall not spreadלֹא תִשָּׂאa falseשָׁוְאreport.שֵׁמַעDo not joinאַל תָּשֶׁתhandsיָדְךָwithעִםthe wickedרָשָׁעto beלִהְיֹתa maliciousחָמָסwitness.עֵד
Exodus 23:1
Study it in the app“You shall not spread a false report. Do not join hands with the wicked to be a malicious witness.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 23:1, word by word
- You shall not spreadתִשָּׂאtisa
lift up
To direct the eyes upward, make the voice loud, or put up the hand.
Where else “tisa” appears- a falseשָׁוְאshav
falsehood
Something false, like false testimony.
Where else “shav” appears- reportשֵׁמַעshema
report
What is heard about someone.
Where else “shema” appears- Do not joinתָּשֶׁתtashet
put
To station something somewhere; sow enmity.
Where else “tashet” appears- handsיָדְyad
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appears- the wickedרָשָׁעrasha
wicked
One who does evil, the opposite of the righteous.
Where else “rasha” appears- to beהְיֹתheyot
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “heyot” appears- a maliciousחָמָסchamas
violence
Violence; unjust harm done to others.
Where else “chamas” appears- witnessעֵדed
witness
Someone who vouches for what he saw; YHWH is one too.
Where else “ed” appears
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2You shall not follow a majority to do evil, nor testify in a dispute so as to turn aside after a majority to pervert justice.