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# presumptuousness

«presumptuousness» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **Boldness that goes too far; pride** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun

### meaning for a pupil

Boldness that goes too far; pride. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/presumptuousness/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Eliab uses it to scold his young brother David for coming to see the battle with Goliath. Interpretation: Tradition sees David's courage here as stronger than his brother's scorn, and as trust in God.

### examples

- I know thy presumptuousness, and the naughtiness of thy heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.' (Prophets 1SA.17.28, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/presumptuousness/#x1)

### note

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

### In the corpora

- [I know thy presumptuousness, and the naughtiness of thy heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.480/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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