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# malignant

«malignant» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **evil and wishing harm to others** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective

### meaning for a pupil

1) Malignant means evil and wishing harm to others. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/malignant/#m1)

2) Malignant also means an illness that is growing and dangerous, such as a cancer. Old use in the first sense. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/malignant/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It describes a spreading mildew in a house that made it unclean. Interpretation: Tradition reads this affliction as a spiritual sign, often linked to harsh speech or selfishness, and the priest decides what must be done. In the primary lessons: in fairy tales, an evil witch or spirit who wants to harm people

### examples

- then the priest shall come in and look; and, behold, if the plague be spread in the house, it is a malignant leprosy in the house: it is unclean. (Torah LEV.14.44, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/malignant/#x1)
- In one of the stories a malignant witch is destroyed by a kind fairy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/malignant/#x2)
- The witch was malignant and cruel. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/malignant/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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