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# swarthy

«swarthy» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **having dark skin or a dark complexion, often from being…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (swarthier, swarthiest)

### meaning for a pupil

Swarthy means having dark skin or a dark complexion, often from being in the sun. (old use) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/swarthy/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: The maiden in the Song of Songs says she is dark from working in the sun. Interpretation: Tradition often reads the Song as a picture of God's love for Israel. The dark maiden stands for Israel, who has neglected her own vineyard. In the primary lessons: in stories a person is described by their dark skin and looks, such as a swarthy pedlar or a swarthy face

### examples

- Look not upon me, that I am swarthy, that the sun hath tanned me; my mother's sons were incensed against me, they made me keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept.' (Writings SNG.1.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/swarthy/#x1)
- The sailor had a swarthy face. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/swarthy/#x2)
- A swarthy man sold spices at the market. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/swarthy/#x3)
- His swarthy skin shone in the sun. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/swarthy/#x4)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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