contrition

«contrition» in Mova's judaism dictionary: deep sorrow and regret for wrongdoing — 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

noun

meaning for a pupil

deep sorrow and regret for wrongdoing tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: The verse has the sense of being brought low, crushed, so that people turn back to God. Interpretation: Tradition links it to teshuvah, return or repentance, which God invites.

examples

• Thou turnest man to contrition; and sayest: 'Return, ye children of men.' (Writings PSA.90.3, JPS 1917) tree →

note

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

In the corpora

• Thou turnest man to contrition; and sayest: 'Return, ye children of men.'

Trees and pragmatics

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