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# wretchedness

«wretchedness» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **great misery, sadness or unhappiness** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (no plural)

### meaning for a pupil

Wretchedness is great misery, sadness or unhappiness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wretchedness/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Moses says it in despair, when the burden of leading the people is too heavy for him. Interpretation: The tradition sees in Moses' complaint how heavy leadership is. It also notes that God answers by giving him seventy elders to help. In the primary lessons: in tales, the state of sorrow and misery that a person falls into

### examples

- And if Thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray Thee, out of hand, if I have found favour in Thy sight; and let me not look upon my wretchedness.' (Torah NUM.11.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wretchedness/#x1)
- She felt the wretchedness of being lost. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wretchedness/#x2)
- He lived in wretchedness for years. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wretchedness/#x3)
- The wretchedness of the poor family made everyone sad. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wretchedness/#x4)
- Nothing for maths. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wretchedness/#x5)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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