[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/pity.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/) / pity [← P](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/P/) # pity «pity» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a feeling of sadness for someone who is suffering or in…** — 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 noun (pity — uncountable; a pity); verb (pity, pities, pitied, pitying) ### meaning for a pupil 1) Pity is a feeling of sadness for someone who is suffering or in trouble. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pity/#m1) 2) «It's a pity» or «what a pity» means it is sad or a shame that something happened. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pity/#m2) 3) To pity someone means to feel sorry for them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pity/#m3) ### sense in the lessons In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It is used in the laws of punishment and of idol-worship, where pity must not stop justice. Interpretation: The rabbis explain that this does not mean cruelty: for money damages "eye for eye" means payment, and judges must not twist the law out of sympathy. In the primary lessons: In stories pity shows a character's kind heart, or sometimes that they look down on someone. In everyday life people say «What a pity!» when a plan fails, a trip is cancelled or rain spoils a game. Phrases: feel pity for, take pity on (help someone because you feel sorry for them), it's a pity that, what a pity, out of pity. ### examples - then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall have no pity. (Torah DEU.25.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pity/#x1) - And thine eye shall not pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot. (Torah DEU.19.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pity/#x2) - thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him; (Torah DEU.13.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pity/#x3) - For who shall have pity upon thee, O Jerusalem? (Prophets JER.15.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pity/#x4) - Then was the LORD jealous for His land, and had pity on His people. (Prophets JOL.2.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pity/#x5) - and he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.' (Prophets 2SA.12.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pity/#x6) - I felt pity for the lost puppy in the rain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pity/#x7) - It's a pity you can't come to my party. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pity/#x8) - What a pity the match was cancelled! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pity/#x9) - The giant took pity on the hungry boy and gave him bread. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pity/#x10) - She doesn't want pity; she wants help. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pity/#x11) - I pity anyone who has to walk home in this storm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pity/#x12) - It would be a pity to waste all this food. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pity/#x13) - That would have been a pity. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pity/#x14) ### note Mostly uncountable as a feeling: «full of pity», not «pities». But «a pity» = a shame: «It's a pity». Past of the verb: pitied (y changes to i). Pity is not the same as kindness: some people dislike pity because it can feel like being looked down on; «sympathy» or «compassion» sound warmer. «Pitiful» means very sad or very poor. ### In the corpora - [then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall have no pity.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.673/) - [and he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.304/) - [For who shall have pity upon thee, O Jerusalem?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.436/) - [But I had pity for My holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations, whither they came.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.950/) - [Then was the LORD jealous for His land, and had pity on His people.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOL.38/) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every meaning and example of «pity» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pity/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.