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# refined

«refined» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **Polite, well-mannered and with good taste** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (more refined, most refined)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Polite, well-mannered and with good taste. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/refined/#m1)

2) Pure, with the rough parts removed (refined sugar, refined gold). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/refined/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It means purified, as when silver or gold is heated to remove the dross. Interpretation: Refining pictures God testing people through hardship, which makes them pure. God's words are called pure like silver refined seven times. In the primary lessons: in stories, a polished person with fine manners; in cooking and science, something cleaned to make it pure

### examples

- For Thou, O God, hast tried us; Thou hast refined us, as silver is refined. (Writings PSA.66.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/refined/#x1)
- Behold, I have refined thee, but not as silver; I have tried thee in the furnace of affliction. (Prophets ISA.48.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/refined/#x2)
- The words of the LORD are pure words, as silver tried in a crucible on the earth, refined seven times. (Writings PSA.12.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/refined/#x3)
- The refined lady spoke softly and ate politely. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/refined/#x4)
- Refined sugar is whiter than brown sugar. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/refined/#x5)
- The jeweller made a ring of refined gold. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/refined/#x6)

### note

nothing for maths.

### In the corpora

- [Behold, I have refined thee, but not as silver; I have tried thee in the furnace of affliction.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1068/)
- [The words of the LORD are pure words, as silver tried in a crucible on the earth, refined seven times.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.152/)
- [For Thou, O God, hast tried us; Thou hast refined us, as silver is refined.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1069/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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