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# slothfulness

«slothfulness» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **The habit of being lazy** — 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

noun

### meaning for a pupil

The habit of being lazy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/slothfulness/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Proverbs and Ecclesiastes say that laziness brings deep sleep, hunger and a leaking house. Interpretation: Tradition teaches that neglecting work brings ruin.

### examples

- Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and the idle soul shall suffer hunger. (Writings PRO.19.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/slothfulness/#x1)
- By slothfulness the rafters sink in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaketh. (Writings ECC.10.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/slothfulness/#x2)

### note

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

### In the corpora

- [Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and the idle soul shall suffer hunger.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.544/)
- [By slothfulness the rafters sink in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaketh.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/ECC.205/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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