EXOD761 Shlomo, a"h, further said (Mishlei 26:28), "A subdued person (dakav) hates a lying tongue." This means that a person who is humble, subdued, and low-spirited [Yeshayahu 57:15], hates a lying tongue; he does not want it and will not listen to it. For a humble person desires that people be esteemed and he is pained when they are shamed and dishonored. The vav of the word dakav takes the place of the heh [See Devarim 23:2. Cf. Yeshayahu 57:15; Tehillim 90:3, 143:3], which is part of the root [of the word dakah], similar to the vav of the word anav.  Others interpret this pasuk as follows: one who possesses a lying tongue hates those who subdue and reprimand him, and he no longer brings people's negative reports to them. We have [therefore] been admonished through the pasuk [this verse], "Do not bear a false report," not to believe reports of lashon hara in our hearts--not to give them credence in our thoughts, [which leads to] deprecating the one against whom they were said.