ra.khil describes harmful talk or the person who spreads it, including disclosure of secrets and counsel.

The attested usage centers on harmful speech and those characterized by spreading it: it is prohibited among one’s people, associated with revealing secrets or counsel, and included among accusations of falsehood, harm, rebellion, and bloodshed.

1. Harmful speech and its spreader · dominant

   The absolute masculine singular noun occurs in a prohibition against going about among one’s people in Leviticus 19:16, where the APB renders the clause “go about slandering your people.” In Proverbs 11:13 and Proverbs 20:19, it identifies the person who reveals secrets or counsel; the APB renders “A slanderer reveals secrets” and “walks as a slanderer.” Ezekiel 22:9 calls such people “Slanderous men” in connection with shedding blood, while Jeremiah 6:28 groups them with rebels and ruiners; Jeremiah 9:3 places the form amid an accusation involving tongues, falsehood, and harm, though the APB does not isolate its contribution there.

   Ezekiel 22:9Jeremiah 6:28Jeremiah 9:3Leviticus 19:16Proverbs 11:13Proverbs 20:19

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term with “slandering,” “slanderer,” “Slanderous men,” and “goers of slander” in the clearer clauses. In Jeremiah 9:3, the translation instead renders the surrounding accusation about falsehood and harm without isolating the term.