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# reproof

«reproof» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a sharp word or talk that tells someone they have done wrong** — 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 (reproofs)

### meaning for a pupil

A reproof is a sharp word or talk that tells someone they have done wrong. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/reproof/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Correction or warning meant to teach a person to do better, often in Proverbs. Interpretation: Tradition treats giving and accepting reproof (tochachah) as a duty and a sign of wisdom, since the wise listen and fools hate it. In the primary lessons: a wise person gives a reproof to a greedy or rude character

### examples

- They would none of my counsel, they despised all my reproof. (Writings PRO.1.30, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/reproof/#x1)
- And say: 'How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof; (Writings PRO.5.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/reproof/#x2)
- Whoso loveth knowledge loveth correction; but he that is brutish hateth reproof. (Writings PRO.12.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/reproof/#x3)
- The teacher gave him a stern reproof. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/reproof/#x4)
- She took the reproof with a red face. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/reproof/#x5)
- Her father's reproof made him say sorry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/reproof/#x6)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.25/)
- [They would none of my counsel, they despised all my reproof.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.30/)
- [And say: 'How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.129/)
- [For the commandment is a lamp, and the teaching is light, and reproofs of instruction are the way of life;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.164/)
- [He is in the way of life that heedeth instruction; but he that forsaketh reproof erreth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.275/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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