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# heaviness

«heaviness» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **the state of being heavy, in weight or in feeling** — 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

noun (no plural in common use)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Heaviness is the state of being heavy, in weight or in feeling. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/heaviness/#m1)

2) Heaviness can mean a dull, sad feeling in the mind or body. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/heaviness/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: A heavy sadness or grief of the heart. Interpretation: The Psalms and Proverbs show that sorrow can hide behind laughter. Tradition reads the psalmist's prayer as a plea to be lifted up by God's word. In the primary lessons: in stories, heaviness shows tiredness or sadness, or weight in the air or on a person

### examples

- My soul melteth away for heaviness; sustain me according unto Thy word. (Writings PSA.119.28, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/heaviness/#x1)
- Even in laughter the heart acheth; and the end of mirth is heaviness. (Writings PRO.14.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/heaviness/#x2)
- He felt a heaviness in his legs after the long climb. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/heaviness/#x3)
- A heaviness fell over the village when the bell tolled. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/heaviness/#x4)
- The heaviness of the storm clouds made the day dark. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/heaviness/#x5)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [My soul melteth away for heaviness; sustain me according unto Thy word.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.2191/)
- [Even in laughter the heart acheth; and the end of mirth is heaviness.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.387/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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