brutish

adjective

«brutish» in the English dictionary: in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

In Jewish tradition

It means lacking understanding and moral sense, like a beast. It is a person who will not learn and who hates correction.

Interpretation. The Psalm shows a person who admits he was brutish before God, which tradition takes as honest humility. Proverbs links the word to hating reproof, as the opposite of wisdom.

Meaning

Stupid and rough, like an animal that cannot think. tree →

Examples

A brutish man knoweth not, neither doth a fool understand this. (Writings PSA.92.7, JPS 1917) tree →
Whoso loveth knowledge loveth correction; but he that is brutish hateth reproof. (Writings PRO.12.1, JPS 1917) tree →
But I was brutish, and ignorant; I was as a beast before Thee. (Writings PSA.73.22, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

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