failing

noun (failings)

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

Everyday

A failing is a fault or weakness in a person's character or behaviour. tree →

In the lessons

in tales a hero or king has failings like pride or greed; in the lessons it names a weakness, not a sin

Examples

Everyone has some failings. tree →
Pride was his greatest failing. tree →
Be kind about the failings of others. tree →

Note

nothing for maths

In Jewish tradition

Here it means a wasting away or weakening, as of the eyes growing dim from longing.

Interpretation. The tradition reads this as one of the curses in the Torah's warning to Israel, describing the fear and sorrow of exile.

Examples

And among these nations shalt thou have no repose, and there shall be no rest for the sole of thy foot; but the LORD shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and languishing of soul. (Torah DEU.28.65, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

nothing for maths

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of «failing» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«failing» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
Trees and pragmatics of «failing» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«failing» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.

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