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# destitute

«destitute» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **Having nothing; extremely poor, without food, money or help** — 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

Having nothing; extremely poor, without food, money or help. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/destitute/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Psalms, God hears the prayer of the destitute and judges are told to defend them. Interpretation: Tradition stresses the duty of justice and charity (tzedakah) toward the poor, and sees God as their protector.

### examples

- Judge the poor and fatherless; do justice to the afflicted and destitute. (Writings PSA.82.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/destitute/#x1)
- When He hath regarded the prayer of the destitute, and hath not despised their prayer. (Writings PSA.102.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/destitute/#x2)
- When I shall make the land of Egypt desolate and waste, a land destitute of that whereof it was full, when I shall smite all them that dwell therein, then shall they know that I am the LORD. (Prophets EZK.32.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/destitute/#x3)

### note

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

### In the corpora

- [Judge the poor and fatherless; do justice to the afflicted and destitute.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1458/)
- [When He hath regarded the prayer of the destitute, and hath not despised their prayer.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1788/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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