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# drunkenness

«drunkenness» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **the state of being drunk, when a person has had too much…** — 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

noun (no plural)

### meaning for a pupil

Drunkenness is the state of being drunk, when a person has had too much alcohol and cannot think or walk properly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/drunkenness/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It is a sign of weakness and ruin; Ezekiel's "cup" of drunkenness stands for God's judgment, and Ecclesiastes praises rulers who eat in self-control. Interpretation: Tradition sees drinking too much as dangerous and as a cause of sin, though wine in proper measure is part of holy days. In the primary lessons: in old tales and talk, drunkenness is a sad fault that ruins families and makes people foolish

### examples

- Thou shalt be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, with the cup of astonishment and appalment, with the cup of thy sister Samaria. (Prophets EZK.23.33, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/drunkenness/#x1)
- Happy art thou, O land, when thy king is a free man, and thy princes eat in due season, in strength, and not in drunkenness! (Writings ECC.10.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/drunkenness/#x2)
- His drunkenness made him lose his job. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/drunkenness/#x3)
- The story warns about the sorrows of drunkenness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/drunkenness/#x4)
- Drunkenness can turn a happy home into a sad one. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/drunkenness/#x5)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [Thou shalt be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, with the cup of astonishment and appalment, with the cup of thy sister Samaria.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.604/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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