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# perverseness

«perverseness» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **twisted and wrong instead of straight and right** — 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

noun

### meaning for a pupil

Wickedness or crookedness; doing what is twisted and wrong instead of straight and right. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/perverseness/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Balaam's blessing it means moral crookedness or trouble; God sees none of it in Israel. Interpretation: Commentators read this as praise of Israel: God does not look closely for their faults, or the verse means no wrongdoing is found that cannot be forgiven.

### examples

- None hath beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath one seen perverseness in Israel; the LORD his God is with him, and the shouting for the King is among them. (Torah NUM.23.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/perverseness/#x1)
- The integrity of the upright shall guide them; but the perverseness of the faithless shall destroy them. (Writings PRO.11.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/perverseness/#x2)
- A soothing tongue is a tree of life; but perverseness therein is a wound to the spirit. (Writings PRO.15.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/perverseness/#x3)
- Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel: because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon; (Prophets ISA.30.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/perverseness/#x4)

### note

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

### In the corpora

- [The integrity of the upright shall guide them; but the perverseness of the faithless shall destroy them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.293/)
- [A soothing tongue is a tree of life; but perverseness therein is a wound to the spirit.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.414/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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