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# seemly

«seemly» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **Proper and fitting; suitable for the occasion** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective

### meaning for a pupil

Proper and fitting; suitable for the occasion. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/seemly/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Proverbs it says honour and luxury do not suit a fool. Interpretation: Tradition reads it as teaching that honor must be earned by wisdom and good conduct.

### examples

- Luxury is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes. (Writings PRO.19.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/seemly/#x1)
- As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool. (Writings PRO.26.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/seemly/#x2)

### note

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

### In the corpora

- [Luxury is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.539/)
- [As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.750/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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