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# delectable

«delectable» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **very pleasing, especially to the taste or the eye** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (more delectable, most delectable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Delectable means very pleasing, especially to the taste or the eye. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/delectable/#m1)

2) (old use) Delectable means lovely and delightful to be in, said of a place. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/delectable/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Isaiah it means idols that people treasure and find lovely, though they have no real worth. Interpretation: The prophet mocks idol makers: what they prize is empty. Tradition reads this as a warning against trusting made things instead of God. In the primary lessons: in stories a delectable island or feast is one that makes you happy to be there or to eat it

### examples

- They that fashion a graven image are all of them vanity, and their delectable things shall not profit; and their own witnesses see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed. (Prophets ISA.44.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/delectable/#x1)
- The cake looked delectable. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/delectable/#x2)
- Neverland is a delectable island full of adventure. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/delectable/#x3)
- We ate a delectable meal of fish and fruit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/delectable/#x4)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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