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# hasty

«hasty» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **Done very quickly, sometimes too quickly, without enough…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (hasty, hastier, hastiest); adverb: hastily

### meaning for a pupil

1) Done very quickly, sometimes too quickly, without enough care or thought. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hasty/#m1)

2) Of a person: acting too quickly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hasty/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Describes someone quick to anger or to act without thought. Interpretation: Proverbs and Ecclesiastes teach patience and self-control as marks of wisdom. In the primary lessons: In stories «a hasty decision» or «a hasty retreat» tells the reader someone acted in a hurry. The lesson often is: think before you act. Phrases: «a hasty exit», «a hasty decision», «don't be hasty», «make haste».

### examples

- Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry; for anger resteth in the bosom of fools. (Writings ECC.7.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hasty/#x1)
- He that is slow to anger is of great understanding; but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly. (Writings PRO.14.29, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hasty/#x2)
- The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but every one that is hasty hasteth only to want. (Writings PRO.21.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hasty/#x3)
- We made a hasty exit when the dog barked. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hasty/#x4)
- Don't make a hasty decision — think it over. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hasty/#x5)
- He wrote a hasty note and ran out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hasty/#x6)
- She hastily hid the present behind her back. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hasty/#x7)
- «Don't be hasty,» said the wise old owl. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hasty/#x8)
- My hasty work was full of mistakes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hasty/#x9)
- My father--who is rather hasty--ordered him to be thrown downstairs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hasty/#x10)

### note

From «haste». Comparative hastier, hastiest. Hastily = in a hurry.

### In the corpora

- [He that is slow to anger is of great understanding; but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.404/)
- [The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but every one that is hasty hasteth only to want.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.593/)
- [Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope for a fool than for him.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.852/)
- [Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry; for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/ECC.131/)
- [Be not hasty to go out of his presence; stand not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/ECC.155/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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