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# poverty

«poverty» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **Being very poor; not having enough money for food…** — 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 (poverty, uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Being very poor; not having enough money for food, clothes or a home. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/poverty/#m1)

2) (formal) A lack of something: poverty of ideas. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/poverty/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Being poor and in need. In Sefer Yetzirah, poverty is one of the pairs of opposites with wealth. Interpretation: In Sefer Yetzirah the double letters stand for opposites such as wealth and poverty, wisdom and folly, and life and death. Each letter has two sounds and two meanings. In the primary lessons: In history, geography and citizenship lessons, poverty is a big problem that charities and governments try to fix. In stories it shows hard lives (like in Dickens). Phrases: live in poverty, poverty line, extreme poverty, end poverty.

### examples

- and there will I sustain thee; for there are yet five years of famine; lest thou come to poverty, thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast. (Torah GEN.45.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/poverty/#x1)
- The antithesis of wisdom is foolishness; of wealth, poverty; of fruitfulness, childlessness; of life, death; of dominion, dependence; of peace, war; and of beauty, ugliness. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/poverty/#x2)
- They are called Double, because each letter presents a contrast or permutation; thus Life and Death; Peace and War (Evil); Wisdom and Folly; Riches and Poverty; Grace and Indignation; Fertility and Solitude (Desolation); Power and Servitude. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/poverty/#x3)
- Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more. (Writings PRO.31.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/poverty/#x4)
- So shall thy poverty come as a runner, and thy want as an armed man. (Writings PRO.6.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/poverty/#x5)
- The rich man's wealth is his strong city; the ruin of the poor is their poverty. (Writings PRO.10.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/poverty/#x6)
- Many families lived in poverty in Victorian times. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/poverty/#x7)
- Charities help people in poverty. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/poverty/#x8)
- Poverty means not having enough to eat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/poverty/#x9)
- Our school collected food to fight poverty. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/poverty/#x10)
- He grew up in poverty but became a doctor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/poverty/#x11)
- Ending poverty is a world goal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/poverty/#x12)
- It was indeed poverty arrayed in rags. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/poverty/#x13)

### note

Uncountable: no «a», no plural. Adjective: poor. Talk about it with respect; being poor is not a person's fault.

### In the corpora

- [So shall thy poverty come as a runner, and thy want as an armed man.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.152/)
- [The rich man's wealth is his strong city; the ruin of the poor is their poverty.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.273/)
- [Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction; but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.367/)
- [Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt have bread in plenty.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.571/)
- [For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.669/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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