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# righteously

«righteously» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **in a good and fair way, doing what is right and just** — 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

adverb (from righteous; no change)

### meaning for a pupil

Righteously means in a good and fair way, doing what is right and just. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/righteously/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Torah it describes how judges must decide cases, treating everyone alike, including the stranger. Interpretation: The rabbis said a judge must not favour the rich or the poor. Justice is a main duty of the community. In the primary lessons: how a good ruler or hero acts in a tale; the kind king who rules fairly and does good deeds

### examples

- And I charged your judges at that time, saying: 'Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between a man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him. (Torah DEU.1.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/righteously/#x1)
- Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy. (Writings PRO.31.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/righteously/#x2)
- But, O LORD of hosts, that judgest righteously, that triest the reins and the heart, let me see Thy vengeance on them; for unto Thee have I revealed my cause. (Prophets JER.11.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/righteously/#x3)
- He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from looking upon evil; (Prophets ISA.33.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/righteously/#x4)
- He ruled righteously for many years. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/righteously/#x5)
- She always acted righteously, even when no one was watching. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/righteously/#x6)
- The judge decided the case righteously. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/righteously/#x7)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.906/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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