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# loathsomeness

noun

«loathsomeness» 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 Ezekiel it describes the newborn baby Jerusalem, left unwashed and unwanted in a field.

**Interpretation.** The picture shows God finding a helpless Israel and caring for her. It is read as the story of Israel's humble start and God's mercy.

### Meaning

The state of being disgusting or hateful to look at or think about. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/loathsomeness/#m1)

### Examples

- No eye pitied thee, to do any of these unto thee, to have compassion upon thee; but thou wast cast out in the open field in the loathsomeness of thy person, in the day that thou wast born. (Prophets EZK.16.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/loathsomeness/#x1)

### Note

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

## On Mova

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