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# covetous

«covetous» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **wanting very much to have what belongs to someone else…** — 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

adjective (more covetous, most covetous)

### meaning for a pupil

Covetous means wanting very much to have what belongs to someone else, or wanting more and more of something such as gold. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/covetous/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Here it means a greedy person who boasts and scorns the LORD. Coveting is also forbidden in the Ten Commandments. Interpretation: The tenth commandment forbids coveting. The sages taught that greed leads to other sins and is a sign of not trusting God. In the primary lessons: in tales, a greedy king or a jealous character who wants treasure that is not theirs.

### examples

- For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and the covetous vaunteth himself, though he contemn the LORD. (Writings PSA.10.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/covetous/#x1)
- The king was covetous and wanted all the gold in the land. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/covetous/#x2)
- A covetous neighbour always wanted more than his share. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/covetous/#x3)
- Her covetous eyes followed the jewels. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/covetous/#x4)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and the covetous vaunteth himself, though he contemn the LORD.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.120/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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