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# churl

«churl» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **unkind and will not do what is fair or good** — 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 (churls) (old use, in fairy tales)

### meaning for a pupil

A rude, mean, rough man who is unkind and will not do what is fair or good. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/churl/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Interpretation: Proverbs and Samuel use it of a fool or a base person. Tradition teaches that real nobility comes from good deeds and not from rank. In the primary lessons: in fairy tales, the churl is the villain who refuses help or treats others badly

### examples

- Overbearing speech becometh not a churl; much less do lying lips a prince. (Writings PRO.17.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/churl/#x1)
- And the king lamented for Abner, and said: Should Abner die as a churl dieth? (Prophets 2SA.3.33, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/churl/#x2)
- For a servant when he reigneth; and a churl when he is filled with food; (Writings PRO.30.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/churl/#x3)
- The churl would not pay the workers what he owed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/churl/#x4)
- "Now, Jack," said the Gray Churl, "you must lose a month's wages." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/churl/#x5)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [And the king lamented for Abner, and said: Should Abner die as a churl dieth?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.104/)
- [The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be noble.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.665/)
- [Overbearing speech becometh not a churl; much less do lying lips a prince.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.483/)
- [He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow; and the father of a churl hath no joy.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.497/)
- [For a servant when he reigneth; and a churl when he is filled with food;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.886/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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