bypath

noun

«bypath» 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 stands for crooked, uneven ways of life, opposed to the "ancient paths" of the Torah.

Interpretation. Jeremiah says the people left the old, firm road of God's commandments for untrodden side tracks. The tradition reads this as turning to idols and false ways.

Meaning

A side path, away from the main road. tree →

Examples

For My people hath forgotten Me, they offer unto vanity; and they have been made to stumble in their ways, in the ancient paths, to walk in bypaths, in a way not cast up; (Prophets JER.18.15, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

On Mova

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