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# putrid

«putrid» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **Rotten and foul-smelling** — 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

adjective

### meaning for a pupil

Rotten and foul-smelling. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/putrid/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Ecclesiastes uses it for spoiled ointment. Ezekiel uses it for the salty Dead Sea, whose waters are healed. Interpretation: Ecclesiastes says a little folly can spoil great wisdom. Ezekiel's river flowing from the Temple heals the sea and is read as a sign of future renewal.

### examples

- Dead flies make the ointment of the perfumer fetid and putrid; so doth a little folly outweigh wisdom and honour. (Writings ECC.10.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/putrid/#x1)
- Then said he unto me: 'These waters issue forth toward the eastern region, and shall go down into the Arabah; and when they shall enter into the sea, into the sea of the putrid waters, the waters shall be healed. (Prophets EZK.47.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/putrid/#x2)

### note

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

### In the corpora

- [Dead flies make the ointment of the perfumer fetid and putrid; so doth a little folly outweigh wisdom and honour.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/ECC.188/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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