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# lameness

noun (lameness)

«lameness» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Lameness is the state of being unable to walk well because a leg or foot is hurt. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lameness/#m1)

### In the lessons

in tales a creature's lameness is a clue; a lame animal walks with a limp

### Examples

- The wolf asked the cause of his lameness. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lameness/#x1)
- His lameness made him slow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lameness/#x2)
- The vet treated the horse's lameness. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lameness/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

In Deuteronomy, an animal with lameness could not be sacrificed.

**Interpretation.** The rabbis taught that an offering must be whole and unblemished, as a way of giving God one's best.

### Examples

- And if there be any blemish therein, lameness, or blindness, any ill blemish whatsoever, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto the LORD thy God. (Torah DEU.15.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lameness/#x1)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

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