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# perverse

«perverse» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **Stubbornly doing wrong or going against what is right** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective

### meaning for a pupil

Stubbornly doing wrong or going against what is right. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/perverse/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It describes a generation that is twisted and goes against God's ways. Interpretation: Moses' song says the fault lies with the people, not with God. The rabbis read it as a warning that the people's own crookedness harms them.

### examples

- No; His children's is the blemish; a generation crooked and perverse. (Torah DEU.32.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/perverse/#x1)
- Who are crooked in their ways, and perverse in their paths; (Writings PRO.2.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/perverse/#x2)
- A perverse heart shall depart from me; I will know no evil thing. (Writings PSA.101.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/perverse/#x3)
- Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee. (Writings PRO.4.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/perverse/#x4)

### note

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

### In the corpora

- [No; His children's is the blemish; a generation crooked and perverse.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.890/)
- [A perverse heart shall depart from me; I will know no evil thing.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1766/)
- [Who are crooked in their ways, and perverse in their paths;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.48/)
- [For the perverse is an abomination to the LORD; but His counsel is with the upright.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.87/)
- [Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.114/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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