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# joyfulness

noun

«joyfulness» 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 Torah it is the cheerful spirit with which God wants to be served.

**Interpretation.** Tradition teaches that serving God with joy is a duty. The Torah warns that the people suffered because they lacked joy even when they had plenty.

### Meaning

The feeling of being joyful and happy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/joyfulness/#m1)

### Examples

- because thou didst not serve the LORD thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, by reason of the abundance of all things; (Torah DEU.28.47, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/joyfulness/#x1)

### Note

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

## On Mova

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