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# greenness

noun

«greenness» 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

Job's friend uses the image of a plant that looks fresh yet withers first, like the godless.

**Interpretation.** Tradition reads it as a picture of the wicked's seeming success, which cannot last.

### Meaning

The state of being fresh and green, as young plants are. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/greenness/#m1)

### Examples

- Whilst it is yet in its greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb. (Writings JOB.8.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/greenness/#x1)

### Note

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

## On Mova

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