brutish

«brutish» in Mova's judaism dictionary: Stupid and rough, like an animal that cannot think — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective

meaning for a pupil

Stupid and rough, like an animal that cannot think. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It means lacking understanding and moral sense, like a beast. It is a person who will not learn and who hates correction. Interpretation: The Psalm shows a person who admits he was brutish before God, which tradition takes as honest humility. Proverbs links the word to hating reproof, as the opposite of wisdom.

examples

• A brutish man knoweth not, neither doth a fool understand this. (Writings PSA.92.7, JPS 1917) tree →
• Whoso loveth knowledge loveth correction; but he that is brutish hateth reproof. (Writings PRO.12.1, JPS 1917) tree →
• But I was brutish, and ignorant; I was as a beast before Thee. (Writings PSA.73.22, JPS 1917) tree →

note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

In the corpora

• But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the vanities by which they are instructed are but a stock;
• For he seeth that wise men die, the fool and the brutish together perish, and leave their wealth to others.
• But I was brutish, and ignorant; I was as a beast before Thee.
• A brutish man knoweth not, neither doth a fool understand this.
• Consider, ye brutish among the people; and ye fools, when will ye understand?

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «brutish» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.