perverseness

«perverseness» in Mova's judaism dictionary: twisted and wrong instead of straight and right — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun

meaning for a pupil

Wickedness or crookedness; doing what is twisted and wrong instead of straight and right. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Balaam's blessing it means moral crookedness or trouble; God sees none of it in Israel. Interpretation: Commentators read this as praise of Israel: God does not look closely for their faults, or the verse means no wrongdoing is found that cannot be forgiven.

examples

• None hath beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath one seen perverseness in Israel; the LORD his God is with him, and the shouting for the King is among them. (Torah NUM.23.21, JPS 1917) tree →
• The integrity of the upright shall guide them; but the perverseness of the faithless shall destroy them. (Writings PRO.11.3, JPS 1917) tree →
• A soothing tongue is a tree of life; but perverseness therein is a wound to the spirit. (Writings PRO.15.4, JPS 1917) tree →
• Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel: because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon; (Prophets ISA.30.12, JPS 1917) tree →

note

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

In the corpora

• The integrity of the upright shall guide them; but the perverseness of the faithless shall destroy them.
• A soothing tongue is a tree of life; but perverseness therein is a wound to the spirit.

Trees and pragmatics

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