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# vileness

noun

«vileness» 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 Psalms, vileness means wickedness that is praised when evil people are honored.

**Interpretation.** The tradition reads this as a cry to God to save the faithful when society turns upside down.

### Meaning

Being very bad, wicked or shameful. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/vileness/#m1)

### Examples

- The wicked walk on every side, when vileness is exalted among the sons of men. (Writings PSA.12.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/vileness/#x1)

### Note

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

## On Mova

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