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כזב / שקר Hi, Is there any semantic difference between כזב and שקר? Or are they totally synonyms? Thanks, N

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There is the difference but only in ancient Hebrew
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The words שקר and כזב are the same. שקר is more common and usually you'll find the word כזב in books or in more official cases.
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Thanks Jarden, this is very useful
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There is obviously a big difference between biblical and modern meaning of the same word.. What I can think of , is that כזב is more like a pre meditated lie , more like a made up story . Anyway when we use it (for that emphasis) we use the two synonym combined . Example : "זה שקר וכזב" meaning it's totally false . Other small hint of the word's origin is maybr its root כ.ז.ב. . אכזבה = Dissappointment לאכזב = to dissappint. Other standalone terms : נחל אכזב is a water creek which has become dry empty of water and is no longer an active stream. אהבה נכזבת is Lost love , the bad experience of a love story that tragiclly failed or one within someone was turned down. And, As far as I know, the noun כזב is not used in a verb form. Unlike שקר .

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