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# defiled

verb, past form of defile (defile, defiles, defiled, defiling)

«defiled» 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

Made ritually impure, or dishonored by a wrong act.

**Interpretation.** Tradition treats impurity as a spiritual state that rules who may come near holy things. The law of the suspected wife (sotah) tests whether a woman was defiled. In the primary lessons: in fairy tales, monsters defile food so no one can eat it; in lessons, something clean that has been spoiled

### Meaning

Defiled means made dirty, spoiled or unfit to use, often by something nasty. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/defiled/#m1)

### Examples

- The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister. (Torah GEN.34.27, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/defiled/#x1)
- This is the law of jealousy, when a wife, being under her husband, goeth aside, and is defiled; (Torah NUM.5.29, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/defiled/#x2)
- And if the woman be not defiled, but be clean; then she shall be cleared, and shall conceive seed. (Torah NUM.5.28, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/defiled/#x3)
- And I saw that she was defiled; they both took one way. (Prophets EZK.23.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/defiled/#x4)
- Thus were they defiled with their works, and went astray in their doings. (Writings PSA.106.39, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/defiled/#x5)
- How canst thou say: 'I am not defiled, I have not gone after the Baalim'? (Prophets JER.2.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/defiled/#x6)
- The harpies defiled the feast with their dirty claws. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/defiled/#x7)
- The river was defiled by factory waste. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/defiled/#x8)
- His good name was defiled by the lie. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/defiled/#x9)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

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