abject
part of speech
adjective (abject, more abject, most abject)
meaning for a pupil
1) Abject means very miserable, poor and low in condition, with no hope or comfort. tree →
2) Abject can also describe fear or apology that is total and humble, as if you have no pride left. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Psalms the word is a noun, meaning wretched people, perhaps worthless attackers; in Lamentations it means low and wretched. Interpretation: Lamentations pictures Jerusalem as a humbled woman crying to God, and tradition reads it as the people's cry of grief over the destroyed city. In the primary lessons: a beggar or a prisoner in misery, or a frightened servant who grovels before a master
examples
- But when I halt they rejoice, and gather themselves together; the abjects gather themselves together against me, and those whom I know not; they tear me, and cease not; (Writings PSA.35.15, JPS 1917) tree →
- All her people sigh, they seek bread; they have given their pleasant things for food to refresh the soul. 'See, O LORD, and behold, how abject I am become.' (Writings LAM.1.11, JPS 1917) tree →
- The beggar lived in abject poverty. tree →
- The soldier fled in abject fear. tree →
- He made an abject apology to the king. tree →
- The prisoners lived in abject misery. tree →
note
nothing for maths
Trees and pragmatics
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