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# blemish

«blemish» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **A flaw, mark or fault that spoils how something looks or is** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun

### meaning for a pupil

A flaw, mark or fault that spoils how something looks or is. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/blemish/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: A physical flaw that makes an animal unfit for an offering or a priest unfit to serve; also a moral fault. Interpretation: Offerings had to be perfect, and the rabbis list many blemishes; the idea teaches giving God one's best.

### examples

- No; His children's is the blemish; a generation crooked and perverse. (Torah DEU.32.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/blemish/#x1)
- And on the third day eleven bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs of the first year without blemish; (Torah NUM.29.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/blemish/#x2)
- And on the fourth day ten bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs of the first year without blemish; (Torah NUM.29.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/blemish/#x3)
- When thou hast made an end of purifying it, thou shalt offer a young bullock without blemish, and a ram out of the flock without blemish. (Prophets EZK.43.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/blemish/#x4)
- And the burnt-offering that the prince shall offer unto the LORD shall be in the sabbath day six lambs without blemish and a ram without blemish; (Prophets EZK.46.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/blemish/#x5)
- And thou shalt prepare a lamb of the first year without blemish for a burnt-offering unto the LORD daily; morning by morning shalt thou prepare it. (Prophets EZK.46.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/blemish/#x6)

### note

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

### In the corpora

- [And if he bring a lamb as his offering for a sin-offering, he shall bring it a female without blemish.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.81/)
- [But whatsoever hath a blemish, that shall ye not bring; for it shall not be acceptable for you.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.651/)
- [And on the third day eleven bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs of the first year without blemish;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.1058/)
- [And on the fourth day ten bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs of the first year without blemish;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.1061/)
- [And on the fifth day nine bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs of the first year without blemish;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.1064/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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