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# slothful

«slothful» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **lazy, not wanting to work or move about** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (slothful; more slothful, most slothful)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Slothful means lazy, not wanting to work or move about. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/slothful/#m1)

2) A slothful person is one who does nothing and sits about while others work. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/slothful/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Lazy, a trait Proverbs often warns about. Interpretation: Proverbs says the lazy person will go hungry and be ruled by others. Tradition teaches that honest work is a duty and laziness leads to poverty and sin. In the primary lessons: in tales, a lazy girl or fellow who gossips, eats too much and will not work.

### examples

- The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour. (Writings PRO.21.25, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/slothful/#x1)
- The hand of the diligent shall bear rule; but the slothful shall be under tribute. (Writings PRO.12.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/slothful/#x2)
- The slothful man shall not hunt his prey; but the precious substance of men is to be diligent. (Writings PRO.12.27, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/slothful/#x3)
- Her slothful brother would not get out of bed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/slothful/#x4)
- The slothful fellow sat by the fire all day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/slothful/#x5)
- Being slothful will not get the chores done. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/slothful/#x6)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [The hand of the diligent shall bear rule; but the slothful shall be under tribute.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.345/)
- [The slothful man shall not hunt his prey; but the precious substance of men is to be diligent.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.348/)
- [The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.613/)
- [I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.717/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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