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# cheapen

verb

«cheapen» 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

Interpretation: Jeremiah scolds Israel for treating its loyalty to God lightly by running after other nations. Tradition reads this as a warning against abandoning one's covenant for foreign allies.

### Meaning

To make something less valuable, or to treat it as of little worth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cheapen/#m1)

### Examples

- How greatly dost thou cheapen thyself to change thy way? (Prophets JER.2.36, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cheapen/#x1)

### Note

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

## On Mova

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