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# guiltiness

noun

«guiltiness» 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

Means the blame or guilt that falls on a person or a whole people for a wrong. It can bring punishment on a community. Ezra uses it in a prayer of confession, saying the people's guiltiness has grown up to the heavens.

**Interpretation.** Tradition sees sin as bringing responsibility on the whole community, which is why leaders and neighbors must avoid even accidental wrongs. Ezra's prayer is a model of confessing shared guilt with shame.

### Meaning

The state of having done wrong and deserving blame. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/guiltiness/#m1)

### Examples

- Surely God will smite through the head of His enemies, the hairy scalp of him that goeth about in his guiltiness. (Writings PSA.68.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/guiltiness/#x1)
- And Abimelech said: 'What is this thou hast done unto us? one of the people might easily have lain with thy wife, and thou wouldest have brought guiltiness upon us.' (Torah GEN.26.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/guiltiness/#x2)
- And they forsook the house of the LORD, the God of their fathers, and served the Asherim and the idols; and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their guiltiness. (Writings 2CH.24.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/guiltiness/#x3)
- and I said: 'O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to Thee, my God; for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our guiltiness is grown up unto the heavens. (Writings EZR.9.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/guiltiness/#x4)

### Note

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

## On Mova

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