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# ill

«ill» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **ill in bed."** — 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 (ill, worse, worst); adverb (ill — badly); noun (ills — problems)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Sick, not well: "He is ill in bed." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/ill/#m1)

2) Bad or harmful: "ill effects". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/ill/#m2)

3) As an adverb, badly: "ill-treated". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/ill/#m3)

4) As a noun (plural "ills"), problems or troubles. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/ill/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Here "ill" often means bad, as in "ill-favoured" cows, meaning ugly and thin. It can also mean harshly, as in "dealt ill". Interpretation: In Pharaoh's dream the thin cows eating the fat ones were read by Joseph as seven years of famine after seven years of plenty. In the primary lessons: In health and everyday life: when you are ill, rest, drink water, tell an adult, stay home to avoid spreading germs; take medicine only from a trusted adult. Phrases: fall ill, feel ill, seriously ill, ill at ease (uncomfortable), ill-mannered.

### examples

- And the lean and ill-favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine. (Torah GEN.41.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/ill/#x1)
- And the ill-favoured and lean-fleshed kine did eat up the seven well-favoured and fat kine. (Torah GEN.41.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/ill/#x2)
- And the Egyptians dealt ill with us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage. (Torah DEU.26.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/ill/#x3)
- Many are the ills of the righteous, but the LORD delivereth him out of them all. (Writings PSA.34.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/ill/#x4)
- I know his arrogancy, saith the LORD, that it is ill-founded; his boastings have wrought nothing well-founded. (Prophets JER.48.30, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/ill/#x5)
- They angered Him also at the waters of Meribah, and it went ill with Moses because of them; (Writings PSA.106.32, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/ill/#x6)
- I felt ill and went home. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/ill/#x7)
- She fell ill with flu. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/ill/#x8)
- Stay home when you are ill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/ill/#x9)
- The doctor helps people who are ill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/ill/#x10)
- Too much sun can make you ill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/ill/#x11)
- He was ill at ease at the party. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/ill/#x12)
- Don't speak ill of others. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/ill/#x13)
- Eating bad food made him ill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/ill/#x14)
- “Perhaps he is ill,” Michael said. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/ill/#x15)

### note

"Ill" (more British) and "sick" (more American) both mean not well. "I'm ill" is fine, but "an ill person" is less common than "a sick person". "Ill" sounds the same as the start of "I'll".

### In the corpora

- [And the ill-favoured and lean-fleshed kine did eat up the seven well-favoured and fat kine.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1300/)
- [And the lean and ill-favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1319/)
- [And the Egyptians dealt ill with us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.686/)
- [Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him; for the work of his hands shall be done to him.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.66/)
- [I know his arrogancy, saith the LORD, that it is ill-founded; his boastings have wrought nothing well-founded.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1266/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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