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# filthiness

«filthiness» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **The state of being very dirty, or morally foul** — 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

### meaning for a pupil

The state of being very dirty, or morally foul. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/filthiness/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: The prophets use it for the moral and ritual impurity of idolatry and sin. Hezekiah calls for the filthiness to be carried out of the Temple. Interpretation: Tradition reads it as the impurity that sin causes, which has to be cleansed away through repentance and by restoring the holy service.

### examples

- There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet are not washed from their filthiness. (Writings PRO.30.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/filthiness/#x1)
- And I will scatter thee among the nations, and disperse thee through the countries; and I will consume thy filthiness out of thee. (Prophets EZK.22.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/filthiness/#x2)
- and said unto them: 'Hear me, ye Levites: now sanctify yourselves, and sanctify the house of the LORD, the God of your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy place. (Writings 2CH.29.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/filthiness/#x3)

### note

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

### In the corpora

- [There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet are not washed from their filthiness.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.876/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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