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# sottish

adjective

«sottish» 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

Jeremiah calls the people foolish children who are clever at evil but ignorant of good.

**Interpretation.** Tradition reads it as a warning that cleverness without the knowledge of God is true foolishness.

### Meaning

Foolish or dull, as if stupid with drink. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sottish/#m1)

### Examples

- For My people is foolish, they know Me not; they are sottish children, and they have no understanding; they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge. (Prophets JER.4.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sottish/#x1)

### Note

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

## On Mova

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