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# corruptly

adverb

«corruptly» 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

The Torah uses it for acting wickedly, especially making idols, such as the golden calf.

**Interpretation.** The rabbis saw idol-making as the most serious corruption of the covenant, and the golden calf as a sin Israel is said to have been forgiven only after great prayer.

### Meaning

In a spoiled, wicked way. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/corruptly/#m1)

### Examples

- lest ye deal corruptly, and make you a graven image, even the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female, (Torah DEU.4.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/corruptly/#x1)
- And the LORD spoke unto Moses: 'Go, get thee down; for thy people, that thou broughtest up out of the land of Egypt, have dealt corruptly; (Torah EXO.32.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/corruptly/#x2)
- And the people did yet corruptly. (Writings 2CH.27.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/corruptly/#x3)
- They are all grievous revolters, going about with slanders; they are brass and iron; they all of them deal corruptly. (Prophets JER.6.28, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/corruptly/#x4)
- The fool hath said in his heart: 'There is no God'; they have dealt corruptly, they have done abominably; there is none that doeth good. (Writings PSA.14.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/corruptly/#x5)

### Note

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

## On Mova

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