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# guiltiness

«guiltiness» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **The state of having done wrong and deserving blame** — 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 having done wrong and deserving blame. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/guiltiness/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Means the blame or guilt that falls on a person or a whole people for a wrong. It can bring punishment on a community. Ezra uses it in a prayer of confession, saying the people's guiltiness has grown up to the heavens. Interpretation: Tradition sees sin as bringing responsibility on the whole community, which is why leaders and neighbors must avoid even accidental wrongs. Ezra's prayer is a model of confessing shared guilt with shame.

### examples

- Surely God will smite through the head of His enemies, the hairy scalp of him that goeth about in his guiltiness. (Writings PSA.68.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/guiltiness/#x1)
- And Abimelech said: 'What is this thou hast done unto us? one of the people might easily have lain with thy wife, and thou wouldest have brought guiltiness upon us.' (Torah GEN.26.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/guiltiness/#x2)
- And they forsook the house of the LORD, the God of their fathers, and served the Asherim and the idols; and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their guiltiness. (Writings 2CH.24.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/guiltiness/#x3)
- and I said: 'O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to Thee, my God; for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our guiltiness is grown up unto the heavens. (Writings EZR.9.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/guiltiness/#x4)

### note

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

### In the corpora

- [Surely God will smite through the head of His enemies, the hairy scalp of him that goeth about in his guiltiness.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1112/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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