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# meekness

«meekness» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **quiet, gentle behaviour; a person with meekness is not…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (meekness, no plural)

### meaning for a pupil

Meekness is quiet, gentle behaviour; a person with meekness is not proud, loud or angry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/meekness/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Interpretation: In the story told here, meekness is a quality that must exist in the world before Abraham, who is called the meek one's ancestor, can be matched with it. The tale links it with the name of a letter. In the primary lessons: a gentle quality of a character in a tale, often a beast or a person who is calm and kind, so others feel safe

### examples

- He said to her, 'My daughter, come and we ivill many thee to Abraham My beloved." She said to him, 'Xo. not until the meek one com- es and takes meekness.' God then consulted the Sefer Yetzirah, which said, "Yes'. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/meekness/#x1)
- And in thy majesty prosper, ride on, in behalf of truth and meekness and righteousness; and let thy right hand teach thee tremendous things. (Writings PSA.45.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/meekness/#x2)
- The meekness of the lamb calmed the children. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/meekness/#x3)
- He showed meekness even when he was teased. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/meekness/#x4)
- With meekness the beast let the boy come near. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/meekness/#x5)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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