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# enormity

noun

«enormity» 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

It means a terrible, shameful deed. Hosea says that priests murdered on the road to Shechem, a city of refuge.

**Interpretation.** The prophet is angry that those who should lead in holiness acted like robbers. The tradition treats this as a sign of how far a leader can fall.

### Meaning

A very great wickedness or crime. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/enormity/#m1)

### Examples

- And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so doth the company of priests; they murder in the way toward Shechem; yea, they commit enormity. (Prophets HOS.6.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/enormity/#x1)

### Note

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

## On Mova

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