to spread a libel against / to accuse falsely

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to spread a libel against / to accuse falsely

to spread a libel against / to accuse falsely

He fabricated or spoke lies about...

("Wicked Haman, with a great plot, came against Israel" - Esther Rabbah 7:18; and: "I advise you not to tell him anything, because if you do, he might falsely accuse you of having stolen the sheet" - Agnon, 'Ad Henah', p. 127)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

בָּא בָּעֲלִילָה עַל

Definition (Hebrew)

הֶעֱלִיל אוֹ דִּבֵּר דִּבְרֵי שֶׁקֶר עַל...

("הָמָן הָרָשָׁע בַּעֲלִילָה גְּדוֹלָה בָּא עַל יִשְׂרָאֵל"- אֶסְתֵּר רַבָּה ז יח, וְכֵן:"אֲנִי מְיַעֶצֶת לְךָ שֶׁלֹּא תְּסַפֵּר לוֹ כְּלוּם, שֶׁאִם אַתָּה מְסַפֵּר לוֹ יָכוֹל הוּא לָבוֹא בַּעֲלִילָה עָלֶיךָ שֶׁאַתָּה גָּנַבְתָּ אֶת הַסָּדִין"- עַגְנוֹן/ עַד הֵנָּה, 127)

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