ruinous

«ruinous» in Mova's judaism dictionary: fallen to pieces, in ruins: a ruinous castle — 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

adjective (no forms)

meaning for a pupil

1) Ruinous means fallen to pieces, in ruins: a ruinous castle. tree →

2) Ruinous also means causing great loss or damage, very costly. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: The prophets use "ruinous heap" to describe cities that God allows to be destroyed for their sins. Interpretation: The prophets teach that cities fall because of wrongdoing, but many also promise they will be rebuilt. In the primary lessons: in tales, an old castle or building is in ruins and is haunted; in lessons it describes something in ruins or badly damaged

examples

• Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap. (Prophets ISA.17.1, JPS 1917) tree →
• Surely none shall put forth his hand to a ruinous heap, neither because of these things shall help come in one's calamity, (Writings JOB.30.24, JPS 1917) tree →
• Long ago I made it, in ancient times I fashioned it; now have I brought it to pass, yea, it is done; that fortified cities should be laid waste into ruinous heaps. (Prophets ISA.37.26, JPS 1917) tree →
• It was a ruinous old castle, haunted by spirits. tree →
• The balcony was in a very ruinous state. tree →
• The repairs would be ruinous. tree →

note

nothing for maths

In the corpora

• Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
• Surely none shall put forth his hand to a ruinous heap, neither because of these things shall help come in one's calamity,

Trees and pragmatics

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