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# sin

«sin» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **In religion, an act that breaks God's law or a religious…** — 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 (a sin, sins; sin — uncountable); verb (sin, sins, sinned, sinning); also an abbreviation sin (maths: sine)

### meaning for a pupil

1) In religion, an act that breaks God's law or a religious rule. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sin/#m1)

2) (informal) Something that seems very wrong or a shame: It's a sin to waste good food. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sin/#m2)

3) (maths abbreviation) sin = sine, a function in trigonometry used with angles in triangles. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sin/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Torah, sin is any act against God's commands, and a "sin-offering" is a sacrifice brought to make up for a wrong done by mistake. Interpretation: Tradition teaches that a person who regrets and turns back (teshuvah) can be forgiven, and Yom Kippur is the day of atonement for sins. In the primary lessons: In religious education, the idea of sin appears in Christianity, Islam, Judaism and other faiths, along with forgiveness. In everyday talk «It's a sin to…» means it's a terrible waste or shame. In older pupils' maths, sin, cos and tan are buttons on a calculator. «Ugly as sin» means very ugly; «live in sin» is an old phrase.

### examples

- one male of the goats for a sin-offering; (Torah NUM.7.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sin/#x1)
- and one he-goat for a sin-offering, to make atonement for you. (Torah NUM.28.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sin/#x2)
- and one he-goat for a sin-offering, to make atonement for you; (Torah NUM.29.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sin/#x3)
- How many are mine iniquities and sins? (Writings JOB.13.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sin/#x4)
- Make me to know my transgression and my sin. (Writings JOB.13.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sin/#x5)
- If thou hast sinned, what doest thou against Him? (Writings JOB.35.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sin/#x6)
- Many religions teach that stealing is a sin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sin/#x7)
- It's a sin to throw away that cake! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sin/#x8)
- He asked to be forgiven for his sins. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sin/#x9)
- Press the sin button on the calculator to find the sine of 30 degrees. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sin/#x10)
- In the story, greed was his worst sin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sin/#x11)
- Wasting a sunny day indoors would be a sin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sin/#x12)
- "I will confess all my sins first. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sin/#x13)

### note

Past: sinned (double n). Person: sinner. As a maths word, «sin» is short for sine and is said «sine». Not the same as «crime» (against the law of the land).

### In the corpora

- [How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1259/)
- [And Moses said unto Aaron: 'What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought a great sin upon them?'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.966/)
- [And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Whosoever hath sinned against Me, him will I blot out of My book.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.978/)
- [And if he bring a lamb as his offering for a sin-offering, he shall bring it a female without blemish.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.81/)
- [So Aaron drew near unto the altar, and slew the calf of the sin-offering, which was for himself.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.218/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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