iniquity
part of speech
noun
meaning for a pupil
Great wrong or sin. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It means sin or the guilt and punishment that come from sin. To "bear iniquity" means to carry the blame. Interpretation: Tradition teaches that a person's sin brings responsibility, but also that God is patient, as in the Amorites' iniquity not yet being full.
examples
- And the man shall be clear from iniquity, and that woman shall bear her iniquity. (Torah NUM.5.31, JPS 1917) tree →
- But if he wash them not, nor bathe his flesh, then he shall bear his iniquity. (Torah LEV.17.16, JPS 1917) tree →
- And in the fourth generation they shall come back hither; for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full.' (Torah GEN.15.16, JPS 1917) tree →
- How many are mine iniquities and sins? (Writings JOB.13.23, JPS 1917) tree →
- And are not thine iniquities without end? (Writings JOB.22.5, JPS 1917) tree →
- And He will redeem Israel from all his iniquities. (Writings PSA.130.8, JPS 1917) tree →
note
A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.
In the corpora
- And in the fourth generation they shall come back hither; for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full.'
- But if he wash them not, nor bathe his flesh, then he shall bear his iniquity.
- And the land was defiled, therefore I did visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land vomited out her inhabitants.
- And the man shall be clear from iniquity, and that woman shall bear her iniquity.
- But if he shall make them null and void after that he hath heard them, then he shall bear her iniquity.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «iniquity» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.