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# scarceness

«scarceness» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **A lack of enough of something, or want** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun

### meaning for a pupil

A lack of enough of something, or want. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/scarceness/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It describes the Promised Land as a place where there will be plenty to eat and nothing missing. Interpretation: The tradition reads this as part of the blessing of the Land of Israel, which is praised in the grace after meals.

### examples

- a land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any thing in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass. (Torah DEU.8.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/scarceness/#x1)

### note

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

### Trees and pragmatics

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