sackcloth

noun (no plural)

«sackcloth» 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 rough, coarse cloth made from sacking, once worn to show sadness or sorrow. tree →

In the lessons

a poor or sad person dressed in rough cloth in old stories

Examples

She had been dressed in a garment of sackcloth. tree →
The beggar wore sackcloth and ashes. tree →

Note

nothing for maths

In Jewish tradition

It is worn as a sign of deep grief and mourning, as Jacob does for Joseph.

Interpretation. Tradition sees wearing sackcloth as an outward sign of mourning or repentance. Jacob's mourning for Joseph, whom he thought dead, was so deep that he refused comfort.

Examples

And Jacob rent his garments, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days. (Torah GEN.37.34, JPS 1917) tree →
Then David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces. (Writings 1CH.21.16, JPS 1917) tree →
I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering. (Prophets ISA.50.3, JPS 1917) tree →
I made sackcloth also my garment, and I became a byword unto them. (Writings PSA.69.12, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

nothing for maths

On Mova

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