עלילת דבר

Hebrew

Noun

עֲלִילַת דָּבָר • (alilát davár) f (plural indefinite עֲלִילוֹת דְּבָרִים)

  1. (Biblical Hebrew) wrongdoing, crime
    • Tanach, Deuteronomy 22:14:
      וְשָׂם לָהּ עֲלִילֹת דְּבָרִים וְהוֹצִא עָלֶיהָ שֵׁם רָע וְאָמַר אֶת־הָאִשָּׁה הַזֹּאת לָקַחְתִּי וָאֶקְרַב אֵלֶיהָ וְלֹא־מָצָאתִי לָהּ בְּתוּלִים׃
      And accuses her of wrongdoings and defames her and says: I took this woman [as a wife], but when I approached her I didn't find her to be a virgin.
    • Tanach, Deuteronomy 22:17:
      וְהִנֵּה־הוּא שָׂם עֲלִילֹת דְּבָרִים לֵאמֹר לֹא־מָצָאתִי לְבִתְּךָ בְּתוּלִים וְאֵלֶּה בְּתוּלֵי בִתִּי וּפָרְשׂוּ הַשִּׂמְלָה לִפְנֵי זִקְנֵי הָעִיר׃
      "And look, he accuses [her] of wrongdoings by saying 'I didn't find your daughter to be a virgin!', but this is the virginity of my daughter." And they must spread the [bloodstained] cloth before the elders of the town.
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