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# distraught

adjective

«distraught» 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

In the Psalms it describes a person in deep distress. In Hosea it describes a people who lack understanding and so fall into confusion.

**Interpretation.** The tradition reads Hosea as saying that without true understanding of God, people lose their way.

### Meaning

Very upset and troubled, almost out of one's mind with worry or grief. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/distraught/#m1)

### Examples

- Attend unto me, and hear me; I am distraught in my complaint, and will moan; (Writings PSA.55.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/distraught/#x1)
- I will not punish your daughters when they commit harlotry, nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery; for they themselves consort with lewd women, and they sacrifice with harlots; and the people that is without understanding is distraught. (Prophets HOS.4.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/distraught/#x2)

### Note

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

## On Mova

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