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# badness

noun

«badness» in the English dictionary: in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## In Jewish tradition

Pharaoh says the thin cows were worse than any he had seen in Egypt. They are a sign of the coming famine.

**Interpretation.** Joseph explained that the thin cows meant seven years of hunger. The tradition sees God warning Pharaoh through dreams.

### Meaning

The state of being bad; poor quality or evil. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/badness/#m1)

### Examples

- And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill-favoured and lean-fleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness. (Torah GEN.41.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/badness/#x1)

### Note

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «badness» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/badness/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«badness» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/badness.html) on Mova free.