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# blasphemy

«blasphemy» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **Speaking with disrespect or contempt about God or holy…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun

### meaning for a pupil

Speaking with disrespect or contempt about God or holy things. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/blasphemy/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: God hears the nations' words against the mountains of Israel and counts them as insults to Himself. Interpretation: Jewish law treats blasphemy as a grave sin, and tradition teaches great care in speaking about God and God's name.

### examples

- And thou shalt know that I the LORD have heard all thy blasphemies which thou hast spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying: They are laid desolate, they are given us to devour. (Prophets EZK.35.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/blasphemy/#x1)

### note

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

### Trees and pragmatics

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