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# lameness

«lameness» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **the state of being unable to walk well because a leg or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (lameness)

### meaning for a pupil

Lameness is the state of being unable to walk well because a leg or foot is hurt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lameness/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Deuteronomy, an animal with lameness could not be sacrificed. Interpretation: The rabbis taught that an offering must be whole and unblemished, as a way of giving God one's best. In the primary lessons: in tales a creature's lameness is a clue; a lame animal walks with a limp

### examples

- And if there be any blemish therein, lameness, or blindness, any ill blemish whatsoever, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto the LORD thy God. (Torah DEU.15.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lameness/#x1)
- The wolf asked the cause of his lameness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lameness/#x2)
- His lameness made him slow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lameness/#x3)
- The vet treated the horse's lameness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lameness/#x4)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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