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# dross

«dross» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **melted and that is thrown away** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun

### meaning for a pupil

The waste scum that rises when metal is melted and that is thrown away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dross/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Prophets and poets use dross for what is worthless or sinful, like silver that has lost its worth. Interpretation: Isaiah's picture of silver turned to dross is read as Israel's moral decline, with God refining the people like a smelter in order to purify them.

### examples

- Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water. (Prophets ISA.1.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dross/#x1)
- Burning lips and a wicked heart are like an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross. (Writings PRO.26.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dross/#x2)
- Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross; therefore I love Thy testimonies. (Writings PSA.119.119, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dross/#x3)

### note

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

### In the corpora

- [Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.23/)
- [Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross; therefore I love Thy testimonies.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.2284/)
- [Take away the dross from the silver, and there cometh forth a vessel for the refiner;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.725/)
- [Burning lips and a wicked heart are like an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.772/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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