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# execrate

«execrate» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **hateful** — 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

verb

### meaning for a pupil

To curse something and say it is hateful. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/execrate/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Balaam says he cannot curse Israel because God has not cursed them. Interpretation: Tradition teaches that God turned Balaam's curses into blessings, and some of his words are now in the prayer "Mah Tovu".

### examples

- And how shall I execrate, whom the LORD hath not execrated? (Torah NUM.23.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/execrate/#x1)
- And he took up his parable, and said: From Aram Balak bringeth me, the king of Moab from the mountains of the East: 'Come, curse me Jacob, and come, execrate Israel.' (Torah NUM.23.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/execrate/#x2)
- He that saith unto the wicked: 'Thou art righteous', peoples shall curse him, nations shall execrate him; (Writings PRO.24.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/execrate/#x3)

### note

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

### In the corpora

- [And how shall I execrate, whom the LORD hath not execrated?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.841/)
- [He that saith unto the wicked: 'Thou art righteous', peoples shall curse him, nations shall execrate him;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.711/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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