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# costly

«costly» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **costing a lot of money; expensive** — 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

adjective (costly, costlier, costliest)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Costly means costing a lot of money; expensive. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/costly/#m1)

2) Costly means causing a big loss or harm: «a costly mistake». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/costly/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Expensive and precious, such as the large fine stones in the Temple and palace foundations. Interpretation: The costly stones show the honor given to building God's house. In the primary lessons: In maths and money problems it means a high price. In sports and stories a costly mistake leads to losing something important. Phrases: «a costly mistake», «prove costly».

### examples

- And above were costly stones, after the measure of hewn stones, and cedar-wood. (Prophets 1KI.7.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/costly/#x1)
- For too costly is the redemption of their soul, and must be let alone for ever — (Writings PSA.49.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/costly/#x2)
- And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits. (Prophets 1KI.7.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/costly/#x3)
- The new bike was too costly for us. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/costly/#x4)
- Missing the penalty was a costly mistake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/costly/#x5)
- Repairing the roof will be costly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/costly/#x6)
- Which is more costly, 3 pens at 2 dollars or 1 book at 5 dollars? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/costly/#x7)
- Leaving the lights on is costly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/costly/#x8)
- The delay proved costly for the team. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/costly/#x9)
- He already possessed a costly block of that stone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/costly/#x10)

### note

Looks like an adverb (-ly) but is an adjective: «a costly trip». Comparison: costlier, costliest (or more costly). Similar: expensive, dear (UK).

### In the corpora

- [And the king commanded, and they quarried great stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with hewn stone.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.187/)
- [And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.238/)
- [And above were costly stones, after the measure of hewn stones, and cedar-wood.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.239/)
- [For too costly is the redemption of their soul, and must be let alone for ever —](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.804/)
- [A dilemma is a situation where every choice has something wrong or costly about it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/36-what-is-an-ethics-olympiad/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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