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# filthiness

noun

«filthiness» 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 prophets use it for the moral and ritual impurity of idolatry and sin. Hezekiah calls for the filthiness to be carried out of the Temple.

**Interpretation.** Tradition reads it as the impurity that sin causes, which has to be cleansed away through repentance and by restoring the holy service.

### Meaning

The state of being very dirty, or morally foul. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/filthiness/#m1)

### Examples

- There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet are not washed from their filthiness. (Writings PRO.30.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/filthiness/#x1)
- And I will scatter thee among the nations, and disperse thee through the countries; and I will consume thy filthiness out of thee. (Prophets EZK.22.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/filthiness/#x2)
- and said unto them: 'Hear me, ye Levites: now sanctify yourselves, and sanctify the house of the LORD, the God of your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy place. (Writings 2CH.29.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/filthiness/#x3)

### Note

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

## On Mova

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