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# doings

«doings» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **the things a person does or has done, their actions…** — 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

noun, plural only (doings)

### meaning for a pupil

Doings are the things a person does or has done, their actions, often ones that get judged as good or bad: the doings of a naughty goblin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/doings/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Torah it means the customs and practices of other nations, which Israel is told not to copy. Interpretation: Tradition reads this as a call for Israel to be set apart by holy conduct and not follow the habits of Egypt or Canaan. In the primary lessons: in stories, the doings of a character are their deeds, often used to show that they are being judged for them: «all his evil doings» are the bad things he did.

### examples

- Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their doings; but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and break in pieces their pillars. (Torah EXO.23.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/doings/#x1)
- After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do; and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do; neither shall ye walk in their statutes. (Torah LEV.18.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/doings/#x2)
- He that fashioneth the hearts of them all, that considereth all their doings. (Writings PSA.33.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/doings/#x3)
- I will meditate also upon all Thy work, and muse on Thy doings.' (Writings PSA.77.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/doings/#x4)
- Thus were they defiled with their works, and went astray in their doings. (Writings PSA.106.39, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/doings/#x5)
- These are the doings of our new puppy, who chews everything. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/doings/#x6)
- The king told the court about the doings of his brother. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/doings/#x7)
- Her kind doings made the whole village happy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/doings/#x8)
- Mum laughed at my doings in the garden. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/doings/#x9)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [Wash you, make you clean, put away the evil of your doings from before Mine eyes, cease to do evil;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.16/)
- [Say ye of the righteous, that it shall be well with him; for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.65/)
- [Nay, but if ye thoroughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye thoroughly execute justice between a man and his neighbour;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.206/)
- [And the LORD gave me knowledge of it, and I knew it; then Thou showedst me their doings.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.343/)
- [And it is like people, like priest; and I will punish him for his ways, and will recompense him his doings.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/HOS.48/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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