cheapen

«cheapen» in Mova's judaism dictionary: To make something less valuable, or to treat it as of… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb

meaning for a pupil

To make something less valuable, or to treat it as of little worth. tree →

sense in the lessons

Interpretation: Jeremiah scolds Israel for treating its loyalty to God lightly by running after other nations. Tradition reads this as a warning against abandoning one's covenant for foreign allies.

examples

• How greatly dost thou cheapen thyself to change thy way? (Prophets JER.2.36, JPS 1917) tree →

note

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

In the corpora

• How greatly dost thou cheapen thyself to change thy way?

Trees and pragmatics

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