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# mournfully

«mournfully» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **in a sad, sorrowful way, as if grieving** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb

### meaning for a pupil

Mournfully means in a sad, sorrowful way, as if grieving. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mournfully/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It means in sadness, as if in mourning. The people complain that serving God has gained them nothing. Interpretation: Malachi is read as answering them. God sees the righteous and keeps a book of remembrance for those who fear Him. In the primary lessons: in stories a character speaks or thinks in a sad voice, often after losing something or someone

### examples

- Ye have said: 'It is vain to serve God; and what profit is it that we have kept His charge, and that we have walked mournfully because of the LORD of hosts? (Prophets MAL.3.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mournfully/#x1)
- "Died!" mournfully repeated the old woman. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mournfully/#x2)
- "She does not see me yet," he thought mournfully. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mournfully/#x3)
- "That is the King," he said mournfully. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mournfully/#x4)

### note

nothing for maths; it describes a manner of speaking, not a count.

### Trees and pragmatics

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