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# contrite

«contrite» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **feeling deep sorrow for wrongdoing** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective

### meaning for a pupil

feeling deep sorrow for wrongdoing [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/contrite/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: A heart crushed by regret for sin, which God does not reject. It is humble and ready to return. Interpretation: Tradition says a sincere, humble heart is dear to God, and repentance can stand in place of sacrifice. Psalm 51 is central on Yom Kippur themes.

### examples

- The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, Thou wilt not despise. (Writings PSA.51.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/contrite/#x1)
- The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart, and saveth such as are of a contrite spirit. (Writings PSA.34.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/contrite/#x2)

### note

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

### In the corpora

- [The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart, and saveth such as are of a contrite spirit.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.524/)
- [The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, Thou wilt not despise.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.860/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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