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# unskilled

adjective

«unskilled» 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

"Uncircumcised of lips" is a phrase Moses uses about himself, meaning he is not a good speaker.

**Interpretation.** Moses says he is "uncircumcised of lips" to explain why Pharaoh would not listen to him. The tradition reads it as a sign of his modesty and that God's words came through him anyway.

### Meaning

Not trained or good at something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/unskilled/#m1)

### Examples

- Another association between language, mouth, and genitals, though the connection (if any) with the SY is unclear, is found in the idiom עָרְלַת שְׂפָתַיִם ʽorlat sefatayim ‘uncircumcised of lips’, probably meaning one who is unskilled in speech, e.g. \[Exodus 6:12\]. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/unskilled/#x1)

### Note

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

## On Mova

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