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# wrong

«wrong» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **not right or not correct** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (wrong); adverb (wrong, wrongly); noun (a wrong, wrongs); verb (wrong, wrongs, wronged, wronging)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Wrong means not right or not correct. Two plus two is five is a wrong answer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wrong/#m1)

2) Wrong means not the one you wanted or needed: the wrong bus. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wrong/#m2)

3) Wrong also means bad or unfair: it is wrong to steal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wrong/#m3)

4) Something wrong is a problem: what is wrong with the car? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wrong/#m4)

5) To wrong someone is to treat them unfairly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wrong/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: "Do not wrong" means do not cheat or oppress, especially a stranger or a neighbour in trade. As a noun it means an injustice done to someone, which the afflicted can bring before God. The prophets blame those who wronged the poor and needy. Interpretation: The rabbis read this as a ban on hurting people with words as well as in buying and selling, and say that one must not mislead a buyer or hurt a stranger's feelings. The fear of God is named as the reason. Lamentations' cry "judge my cause" is read as trust that God defends the wronged. In the primary lessons: In maths: marks an answer, a guess or a count that is not correct; questions answered wrong on a test; right = total − wrong. In school: find the mistake, correct the wrong answer. In life: knowing right from wrong. Phrases: go wrong, get it wrong, the wrong way, what is wrong, right or wrong, wrong number.

### examples

- And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not do him wrong. (Torah LEV.19.33, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wrong/#x1)
- And if thou sell aught unto thy neighbour, or buy of thy neighbour's hand, ye shall not wrong one another. (Torah LEV.25.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wrong/#x2)
- And ye shall not wrong one another; but thou shalt fear thy God; for I am the LORD your God. (Torah LEV.25.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wrong/#x3)
- O LORD, Thou hast seen my wrong; judge Thou my cause. (Writings LAM.3.59, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wrong/#x4)
- He suffered no man to do them wrong, yea, for their sake He reproved kings: (Writings 1CH.16.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wrong/#x5)
- The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have wronged the poor and needy, and have oppressed the stranger unlawfully. (Prophets EZK.22.29, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wrong/#x6)
- Sam got 3 questions wrong on the test. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wrong/#x7)
- Lily answered 18 right and 2 wrong. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wrong/#x8)
- She dialed the wrong number. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wrong/#x9)
- Find the wrong step in Tom's sum. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wrong/#x10)
- We took the wrong turn and got lost. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wrong/#x11)
- It is wrong to take things that are not yours. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wrong/#x12)
- What is wrong? You look sad. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wrong/#x13)
- Something went wrong with the printer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wrong/#x14)
- Being wrong is part of learning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wrong/#x15)

### note

Opposite: right or correct. «Wrong» is also an adverb: you spelled it wrong. Wrong answers are often taken away from the total: right = total − wrong. Trap: some tests take points off for each wrong answer.

### In the corpora

- [And a stranger shalt thou not wrong, neither shalt thou oppress him; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.636/)
- [And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not do him wrong.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.575/)
- [And if thou sell aught unto thy neighbour, or buy of thy neighbour's hand, ye shall not wrong one another.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.747/)
- [And ye shall not wrong one another; but thou shalt fear thy God; for I am the LORD your God.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.750/)
- [He suffered no man to do them wrong, yea, for their sake He reproved kings:](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1875/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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