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# loath

adjective (also loth)

«loath» 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

Loath means unwilling, not wanting to do something: loath to go. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loath/#m1)

### In the lessons

in tales, a person who does not want to leave or do a task; «loath to part» means unwilling to say goodbye.

### Examples

- He was loath to go to bed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loath/#x1)
- The goddess was loath to say goodbye. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loath/#x2)
- I am loath to spoil the game. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loath/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

It means to hate or be disgusted by. It is often used for people turning away from God or from each other.

**Interpretation.** Ezekiel uses it for Jerusalem's ancestors and her loathing of husband and children. Tradition reads it as the nation's disgust at what is holy and its turning from God.

### Examples

- For thou loathest it, so that thou must choose, and not I; therefore speak what thou knowest. (Writings JOB.34.33, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/loath/#x1)
- And I cut off the three shepherds in one month; 'for My soul became impatient of them, and their soul also loathed Me.' (Prophets ZEC.11.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/loath/#x2)
- Thou art thy mother's daughter, that loatheth her husband and her children; and thou art the sister of thy sisters, who loathed their husbands and their children; your mother was a Hittite, and your father an Amorite. (Prophets EZK.16.45, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/loath/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

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