dishonour
part of speech
verb
meaning for a pupil
To shame someone or take away their dignity and respect. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Torah, it describes the shame of a wrongdoer who is beaten too much. Interpretation: The rabbis say the forty lashes were limited to thirty-nine to keep the person from shame, and that even a guilty person remains "your brother."
examples
- Forty stripes he may give him, he shall not exceed; lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should be dishonoured before thine eyes. (Torah DEU.25.3, JPS 1917) tree →
- Wounds and dishonour shall he get, and his reproach shall not be wiped away. (Writings PRO.6.33, JPS 1917) tree →
- When their carouse is over, they take to harlotry; her rulers deeply love dishonour. (Prophets HOS.4.18, JPS 1917) tree →
- Do not contemn us, for Thy name's sake, do not dishonour the throne of Thy glory; remember, break not Thy covenant with us. (Prophets JER.14.21, JPS 1917) tree →
note
A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.
In the corpora
- Cursed be he that dishonoureth his father or his mother.
- When their carouse is over, they take to harlotry; her rulers deeply love dishonour.
- Wounds and dishonour shall he get, and his reproach shall not be wiped away.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «dishonour» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.