distraught
adjective
In Jewish tradition
In the Psalms it describes a person in deep distress. In Hosea it describes a people who lack understanding and so fall into confusion.
Interpretation. The tradition reads Hosea as saying that without true understanding of God, people lose their way.
Meaning
Very upset and troubled, almost out of one's mind with worry or grief. tree →
Examples
- Attend unto me, and hear me; I am distraught in my complaint, and will moan; (Writings PSA.55.3, JPS 1917) tree →
- I will not punish your daughters when they commit harlotry, nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery; for they themselves consort with lewd women, and they sacrifice with harlots; and the people that is without understanding is distraught. (Prophets HOS.4.14, JPS 1917) tree →
Note
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