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# abject

«abject» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **very miserable, poor and low in condition, with no hope…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (abject, more abject, most abject)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Abject means very miserable, poor and low in condition, with no hope or comfort. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/abject/#m1)

2) Abject can also describe fear or apology that is total and humble, as if you have no pride left. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/abject/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Psalms the word is a noun, meaning wretched people, perhaps worthless attackers; in Lamentations it means low and wretched. Interpretation: Lamentations pictures Jerusalem as a humbled woman crying to God, and tradition reads it as the people's cry of grief over the destroyed city. In the primary lessons: a beggar or a prisoner in misery, or a frightened servant who grovels before a master

### examples

- But when I halt they rejoice, and gather themselves together; the abjects gather themselves together against me, and those whom I know not; they tear me, and cease not; (Writings PSA.35.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/abject/#x1)
- All her people sigh, they seek bread; they have given their pleasant things for food to refresh the soul. 'See, O LORD, and behold, how abject I am become.' (Writings LAM.1.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/abject/#x2)
- The beggar lived in abject poverty. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/abject/#x3)
- The soldier fled in abject fear. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/abject/#x4)
- He made an abject apology to the king. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/abject/#x5)
- The prisoners lived in abject misery. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/abject/#x6)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «abject» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/abject/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.