[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/lowest.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/) / lowest [← L](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/L/) # lowest «lowest» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **the least high, nearest the ground or the bottom** — 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 (low, lower, lowest); superlative of low ### meaning for a pupil 1) Lowest means the least high, nearest the ground or the bottom. The lowest shelf is the one nearest the floor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lowest/#m1) 2) Lowest means the smallest in number or amount: the lowest score, price or temperature. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lowest/#m2) 3) Lowest means the quietest or deepest in sound: the lowest note. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lowest/#m3) 4) Lowest can also describe a feeling, meaning the saddest or most hopeless. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lowest/#m4) ### sense in the lessons In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Torah this means the bottom level, as in the lowest story of the ark or the lowest part of a place. In Psalms and Lamentations it means the deepest place, such as the lowest dungeon or the lowest nether-world, from which God rescues a person. In the primary lessons: picks the smallest number among several, such as the lowest score, price or temperature; or the bottom position; in science: the lowest temperature in a table, the lowest point of land; in music: the lowest note; in everyday life: the lowest price in the shop ### examples - I called upon Thy name, O LORD, Out of the lowest dungeon. (Writings LAM.3.55, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lowest/#x1) - For great is Thy mercy toward me; and Thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest nether-world. (Writings PSA.86.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lowest/#x2) - My frame was not hidden from Thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. (Writings PSA.139.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lowest/#x3) - Who got the lowest score: Ann, Ben or Cal? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lowest/#x4) - The lowest temperature this week was 2 degrees. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lowest/#x5) - Find the difference between the highest and lowest prices. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lowest/#x6) - The books are on the lowest shelf. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lowest/#x7) - The tuba plays the lowest notes in the band. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lowest/#x8) - The Dead Sea is the lowest place on land. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lowest/#x9) - Put heavy boxes on the lowest shelf. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lowest/#x10) - Which bar on the graph is the lowest? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lowest/#x11) - Conn the Hundred Fighter, Ard-Ri’ of Ireland, was in the lowest spirits that can be imagined, for his wife was dead. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lowest/#x12) ### note Asks for the smallest value in a list (the minimum). With «highest» it often points to taking away to find the range. Trap: in lists of negative temperatures, the lowest is the one furthest below zero (−8 is lower than −3). Use «the» before lowest; compare two with «lower». ### In the corpora - [For great is Thy mercy toward me; and Thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest nether-world.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1526/) - [I called upon Thy name, O LORD, Out of the lowest dungeon.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/LAM.108/) - [Payday is the day pay arrives in the bank, often once a month, so money is usually lowest just before it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/5-where-money-comes-from/6/) - [In the string family bigger instruments play lower: from highest to lowest they are violin, viola, cello and double bass.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/41-olympiad-music-puzzles/10/) - [The safest place in a tornado is a basement or storm shelter, or an inside room on the lowest floor with no windows.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/48-weather-emergencies/8/) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every meaning and example of «lowest» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lowest/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.