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# condescension

«condescension» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **kindly gentleness or lowering oneself, not looking down…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun

### meaning for a pupil

Here it means kindly gentleness or lowering oneself, not looking down on others. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/condescension/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: David praises God for bending down to him with gentle care, so that his greatness comes from God's humility. Interpretation: The tradition notes that God is high yet cares for the lowly, and teaches humility as a trait to copy; the Hebrew can also be read as God's "answering" or "humbleness."

### examples

- Thou hast also given me Thy shield of salvation; and Thy condescension hath made me great. (Prophets 2SA.22.36, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/condescension/#x1)
- Thou hast also given me Thy shield of salvation, and Thy right hand hath holden me up; and Thy condescension hath made me great. (Writings PSA.18.36, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/condescension/#x2)

### note

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

### In the corpora

- [Thou hast also given me Thy shield of salvation; and Thy condescension hath made me great.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.695/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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