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# loftiness

noun

«loftiness» 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 prophets it means human pride, which God will bring down.

**Interpretation.** Isaiah says that on "that day" only the LORD will be high. Tradition reads this as the lesson that arrogance leads to a fall.

### Meaning

The quality of being very high or proud. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/loftiness/#m1)

### Examples

- We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud; his loftiness, and his pride, and his haughtiness, and the assumption of his heart. (Prophets JER.48.29, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/loftiness/#x1)
- And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be brought low; and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day. (Prophets ISA.2.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/loftiness/#x2)

### Note

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

## On Mova

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