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You shall notלֹאtestifyתַעֲנֶהagainst your neighborבְרֵעֲךָas a falseשָׁקֶרwitness.עֵד
Exodus 20:16
Study it in the app“You shall not testify against your neighbor as a false witness.”
One of the ten commandments: do not bear false witness against your neighborThe Tongue
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 20:16, word by word
- testifyתַעֲנֶהtaane
testify
To speak before a judge as a witness, for or against someone.
Where else “taane” appears- against your neighborרֵעֲrea
neighbor
The person living near, anyone one deals with.
Where else “rea” appears- as a falseשָׁקֶרshaker
lie
What is said against the truth in order to deceive, even before a judge.
Where else “shaker” appears- witnessעֵדed
witness
Someone who vouches for what he saw; YHWH is one too.
Where else “ed” appears
The context
15You shall not steal.
16 · This verse (above)
17You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male slave, or his female slave, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”