Leviticus 19:16
Old Testament • 10 words with Strong's data
"Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the LORD."
Word-by-Word Analysis
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
רָכִיל
râkîyl
a scandal-monger (as travelling about)
תָּוֶךְ
tâvek
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
עַם
ʻam
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
לֹא
lôʼ
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
עָמַד
ʻâmad
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
קִרְאָה
qirʼâh
an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)
דָּם
dâm
blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshe...
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
Key Terms in This Verse
עָמַד ʻâmad
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
Study H5975 →דָּם dâm
blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood)
Study H1818 →לֹא lôʼ
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
Study H3808 →יָלַךְ yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
Study H3212 →קִרְאָה qirʼâh
an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)
Study H7125 →עַם ʻam
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
Study H5971 →Cross References
Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.
In thee are men that carry tales to shed blood: and in thee they eat upon the mountains: in the midst of thee they commit lewdness.
A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter.
Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders.
They are all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: they are brass and iron; they are all corrupters.
Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.
Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;
Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that.
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