detestation

noun

«detestation» 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 is the way Israel must regard forbidden creatures: not eating them and treating their carcasses as something to avoid. In the book of Kings it also names the idols of foreign nations, such as Milcom and Chemosh, whom Solomon followed.

Interpretation. Tradition takes this as a command to keep distance from forbidden foods, not only to avoid eating them. It reads Solomon's building of high places for these gods as a grave sin that led to the kingdom's splitting.

Meaning

A strong feeling of hatred or disgust for something. tree →

Examples

and they shall be a detestable thing unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, and their carcasses ye shall have in detestation. (Torah LEV.11.11, JPS 1917) tree →
And these ye shall have in detestation among the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they are a detestable thing: the great vulture, and the bearded vulture, and the ospray; (Torah LEV.11.13, JPS 1917) tree →
For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the detestation of the Ammonites. (Prophets 1KI.11.5, JPS 1917) tree →
Then did Solomon build a high place for Chemosh the detestation of Moab, in the mount that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech the detestation of the children of Ammon. (Prophets 1KI.11.7, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

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