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# overmuch

«overmuch» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **good** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adverb

### meaning for a pupil

Too much; more than is good. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/overmuch/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Ecclesiastes it warns against being too righteous or too wicked. Interpretation: Rabbis explained it as a warning against extremes, such as pride in one's own goodness or harshness. Tradition favors a balanced path and fear of God.

### examples

- Be not righteous overmuch; neither make thyself overwise; why shouldest thou destroy thyself? (Writings ECC.7.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/overmuch/#x1)
- Be not overmuch wicked, neither be thou foolish; why shouldest thou die before thy time? (Writings ECC.7.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/overmuch/#x2)

### note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

### In the corpora

- [Be not righteous overmuch; neither make thyself overwise; why shouldest thou destroy thyself?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/ECC.138/)
- [Be not overmuch wicked, neither be thou foolish; why shouldest thou die before thy time?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/ECC.139/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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