poor

«poor» in Mova's judaism dictionary: having very little money and few things, so that it is… — 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

adjective (poor, poorer, poorest); noun (the poor — poor people as a group)

meaning for a pupil

1) Poor means having very little money and few things, so that it is hard to pay for food, a home or clothes. tree →

2) Poor means not good enough, low in quality: poor work, poor light, poor health. tree →

3) We say «poor» when we feel sorry for someone: «Poor puppy, it is cold.» tree →

4) Poor at something means not skilled at it. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: The Torah commands justice for the poor and also forbids favoring them wrongly in court. Giving to the poor (tzedakah) is a duty, and a poor man's cloak taken as a pledge must be returned by nightfall. Interpretation: The rabbis taught that a judge must be fair to rich and poor alike. They taught that tzedakah is not just kindness but a matter of justice. In the primary lessons: In everyday life and stories it tells the reader that someone has little money or that something went badly; in stories «poor» before a name shows the narrator feels sorry for that character. In science, «poor» describes weak results: a poor conductor of heat lets little heat through. Common phrases: poor thing, poor health, poor eyesight, poor weather, a poor mark, poor at spelling, the rich and the poor.

examples

• neither shalt thou favour a poor man in his cause. (Torah EXO.23.3, JPS 1917) tree →
• Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause. (Torah EXO.23.6, JPS 1917) tree →
• And if he be a poor man, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge; (Torah DEU.24.12, JPS 1917) tree →
• Both low and high, rich and poor together. (Writings PSA.49.3, JPS 1917) tree →
• The poor useth entreaties; but the rich answereth impudently. (Writings PRO.18.23, JPS 1917) tree →
• So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth. (Writings JOB.5.16, JPS 1917) tree →
• The family was too poor to buy a car, so they took the bus. tree →
• My handwriting is poor when I write too fast. tree →
• Poor Max fell off his bike and scraped his knee. tree →
• Wood is a poor conductor of heat, so the spoon handle stays cool. tree →
• The light was too poor to read by, so I switched on the lamp. tree →
• I am poor at catching but good at running. tree →
• Charities collect food for poor families at Christmas. tree →
• The plants grew badly in the poor, dry soil. tree →
• "Poor little fellow!" said Mr. Fitz-war-ren. tree →

note

Adjective: poor, poorer, poorest. «The poor» means poor people in general and takes a plural verb: «The poor need help.» Do not confuse with «pour» (to tip liquid out) and «pore» (a tiny hole in skin, or to study closely) — they can sound the same. Poor (sorry for) does not mean the person has no money: «Poor Gran has a cold.» Opposite of the money sense: rich; of the quality sense: good.

In the corpora

• neither shalt thou favour a poor man in his cause.
• Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
• And if he be a poor man, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge;
• The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich; He bringeth low, He also lifteth up.
• But the captain of the guard left of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.

Trees and pragmatics

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