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cheapen

verb

«cheapen» 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

Interpretation: Jeremiah scolds Israel for treating its loyalty to God lightly by running after other nations. Tradition reads this as a warning against abandoning one's covenant for foreign allies.

Meaning

To make something less valuable, or to treat it as of little worth. tree →

Examples

  • How greatly dost thou cheapen thyself to change thy way? (Prophets JER.2.36, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

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

On Mova

This page in Markdown → https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/cheapen/