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# unrighteously

«unrighteously» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **not right, fair or good** — 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

adverb (old use)

### meaning for a pupil

In a way that is not right, fair or good. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/unrighteously/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It means acting dishonestly, especially in business with false weights and measures; the Torah calls this an abomination to God. Interpretation: The rabbis teach that honest weights and measures are a basic duty. Cheating in trade is seen as a serious sin. In the primary lessons: In old tales and fables, a wrong deed done to someone; it is used to say a thief or a bully acted unfairly.

### examples

- For all that do such things, even all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the LORD thy God. (Torah DEU.25.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/unrighteously/#x1)
- Will ye speak unrighteously for God, and talk deceitfully for Him? (Writings JOB.13.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/unrighteously/#x2)
- The wolf accused the lamb unrighteously. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/unrighteously/#x3)
- He took the land unrighteously. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/unrighteously/#x4)
- The king ruled unrighteously and was hated. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/unrighteously/#x5)

### note

Nothing for maths.

### In the corpora

- [For all that do such things, even all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the LORD thy God.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.677/)
- [Will ye speak unrighteously for God, and talk deceitfully for Him?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.314/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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