distraught
part of speech
adjective
meaning for a pupil
Very upset and troubled, almost out of one's mind with worry or grief. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Psalms it describes a person in deep distress. In Hosea it describes a people who lack understanding and so fall into confusion. Interpretation: The tradition reads Hosea as saying that without true understanding of God, people lose their way.
examples
- Attend unto me, and hear me; I am distraught in my complaint, and will moan; (Writings PSA.55.3, JPS 1917) tree →
- I will not punish your daughters when they commit harlotry, nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery; for they themselves consort with lewd women, and they sacrifice with harlots; and the people that is without understanding is distraught. (Prophets HOS.4.14, JPS 1917) tree →
note
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In the corpora
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «distraught» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.