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# lowland

«lowland» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **low, not much higher than the sea** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (lowland, lowlands); adjective (lowland)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Flat land that is low, not much higher than the sea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lowland/#m1)

2) (the Lowlands) The southern and central part of Scotland, which is lower than the Highlands. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lowland/#m2)

3) (adjective) Found in or belonging to low, flat land: lowland farms. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lowland/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: The Lowland is the low country of Judah, between the hills and the coastal plain, where olive and sycamore trees grew. Its towns, such as Eshtaol and Zorah, are listed in the lands of the tribes. In the primary lessons: In geography lessons, lowlands are compared with highlands and mountains: lowlands are often good for farming and towns but can flood. Phrases: low-lying, the Scottish Lowlands, lowland areas, lowland rivers.

### examples

- In the Lowland: Eshtaol, and Zorah, and Ashnah; (Prophets JOS.15.33, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lowland/#x1)
- and over the olive-trees and the sycomore-trees that were in the Lowland was Baal-hanan the Gederite; and over the cellars of oil was Joash; (Writings 1CH.27.28, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lowland/#x2)
- And afterward the children of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites that dwelt in the hill-country, and in the South, and in the Lowland. (Prophets JDG.1.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lowland/#x3)
- Most of the farms are in the lowlands near the river. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lowland/#x4)
- The Netherlands is mostly lowland. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lowland/#x5)
- Lowland areas can flood after heavy rain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lowland/#x6)
- My cousin lives in the Scottish Lowlands. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lowland/#x7)
- Lowland rivers flow slowly and bend a lot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lowland/#x8)
- Rice grows well on wet lowland. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lowland/#x9)
- We drove down from the hills into the lowlands. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lowland/#x10)
- The lowland forest is full of birds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lowland/#x11)

### note

Often used in the plural: the lowlands. Opposite: highland(s), uplands. Capital L for the Scottish Lowlands. Related: low-lying.

### In the corpora

- [In the Lowland: Eshtaol, and Zorah, and Ashnah;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.399/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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