perversion

noun

«perversion» 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

In Leviticus it names the forbidden act of a person lying with an animal, a confusion of the natural order. Jeremiah uses it for false, twisted speech against the LORD, spoken by the false prophet Hananiah.

Interpretation. The law counts it among the serious forbidden unions, and the tradition reads it as mixing what God kept separate. Hananiah's death is read as the punishment for false prophecy.

Meaning

A twisting of something good or natural into something wrong. tree →

Examples

And thou shalt not lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith; neither shall any woman stand before a beast, to lie down thereto; it is perversion. (Torah LEV.18.23, JPS 1917) tree →
'Therefore thus saith the LORD: Behold, I will send thee away from off the face of the earth; this year thou shalt die, because thou hast spoken perversion against the LORD.' (Prophets JER.28.16, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

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

On Mova

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