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# extremity

«extremity» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **the far parts of your body, like your hands, feet…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (an extremity, extremities)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Your extremities are the far parts of your body, like your hands, feet, fingers and toes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/extremity/#m1)

2) The far end or edge of something, such as a place. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/extremity/#m2)

3) (formal) A very serious or dangerous situation, or a very high degree of something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/extremity/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Sefer Yetzirah it means one of two opposite ends, with the tongue as a balance between them. Interpretation: Tradition reads the tongue or wedge as the middle that balances two opposites, such as merit and guilt. In the primary lessons: Used in health and safety: in cold weather, extremities such as fingers and toes get frostbite first. In geography: the northern extremity of a country. It tells the reader about the ends or edges.

### examples

- Elsewhere in the SY, the ‘tongue’ (or ‘wedge’) appears as the symbol of a central balance between two extremities, e.g. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/extremity/#x1)
- Cold weather makes your extremities feel numb first. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/extremity/#x2)
- Frostbite can damage fingers, toes and other extremities. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/extremity/#x3)
- The lighthouse stood at the southern extremity of the island. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/extremity/#x4)
- Wear gloves and thick socks to keep your extremities warm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/extremity/#x5)
- The doctor checked the blood flow to his extremities. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/extremity/#x6)
- In their extremity, the sailors ate the last of the bread. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/extremity/#x7)
- I am, therefore, very unhappy, and in my extremity I determined to ask the help of a human being. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/extremity/#x8)

### note

Mostly used in the plural: extremities. Formal word. Related adjective: extreme. Safety: cover hands, feet and ears in freezing weather.

### Trees and pragmatics

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