undefiled

«undefiled» in Mova's judaism dictionary: Pure and clean, with no stain or spoiling — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective

meaning for a pupil

Pure and clean, with no stain or spoiling. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Song of Songs it is a loving name for the beloved, meaning whole and perfect. Interpretation: The rabbis read the beloved as Israel, seen by God as faithful, whole and pure, a nation that is "one".

examples

• My dove, my undefiled, is but one; she is the only one of her mother; she is the choice one of her that bore her. (Writings SNG.6.9, JPS 1917) tree →
• I sleep, but my heart waketh; Hark! my beloved knocketh: 'Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled; for my head is filled with dew, my locks with the drops of the night.' (Writings SNG.5.2, JPS 1917) tree →

note

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

Trees and pragmatics

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