jealousy

«jealousy» in Mova's judaism dictionary: the unhappy, angry feeling of wanting what someone else has — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (jealousy, jealousies)

meaning for a pupil

1) Jealousy is the unhappy, angry feeling of wanting what someone else has. tree →

2) Jealousy is the fear that someone you love likes another person more than you. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It can mean God's passionate demand for loyalty. It also appears in the law of a husband who suspects his wife of unfaithfulness. In Psalms and Proverbs it is also a burning, fierce feeling, which Proverbs says is harder to stand against than anger. Interpretation: The "law of jealousy" is the sotah ritual, which commentators see as a way to settle suspicion and protect the peace of the home. Worship of other gods is called provoking God to jealousy, and the psalms picture God's jealousy as a fire. In the primary lessons: In PSHE lessons pupils learn that jealousy is a normal feeling (a new baby sibling, a friend with a new bike, someone else picked first) and how to handle it: talk about it, notice your own good things, be happy for others. In stories jealousy causes trouble, as in Cinderella's stepsisters or Joseph's brothers. Phrases: feel jealousy, out of jealousy, green with envy.

examples

• They roused Him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations did they provoke Him. (Torah DEU.32.16, JPS 1917) tree →
• This is the law of jealousy, when a wife, being under her husband, goeth aside, and is defiled; (Torah NUM.5.29, JPS 1917) tree →
• And the priest shall take the meal-offering of jealousy out of the woman's hand, and shall wave the meal-offering before the LORD, and bring it unto the altar. (Torah NUM.5.25, JPS 1917) tree →
• How long will Thy jealousy burn like fire? (Writings PSA.79.5, JPS 1917) tree →
• Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; but who is able to stand before jealousy? (Writings PRO.27.4, JPS 1917) tree →
• For they provoked Him with their high places, and moved Him to jealousy with their graven images. (Writings PSA.78.58, JPS 1917) tree →
• She felt jealousy when her friend won the prize. tree →
• He broke the toy out of jealousy. tree →
• Jealousy is a normal feeling, but don't be unkind. tree →
• The new baby caused some jealousy at home. tree →
• The stepsisters' jealousy made them cruel. tree →
• Talk to someone if jealousy upsets you. tree →
• At present she was full of jealousy of Wendy. tree →

note

Mostly uncountable. Adjective: jealous (jealous of someone). Spelling: jeal-ous-y (ea pronounced like «e» in «jelly»). «Jealousy» and «envy» are close: envy is wanting what others have; jealousy also includes fear of losing someone. Green is the colour of jealousy in English.

In the corpora

• This is the law of jealousy, when a wife, being under her husband, goeth aside, and is defiled;
• They roused Him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations did they provoke Him.
• For they provoked Him with their high places, and moved Him to jealousy with their graven images.
• How long will Thy jealousy burn like fire?
• For jealousy is the rage of a man, and he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

Trees and pragmatics

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