abase

«abase» in Mova's judaism dictionary: To make someone lower in rank, pride or dignity; to… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb

meaning for a pupil

To make someone lower in rank, pride or dignity; to humble them. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Used of God bringing down the proud and haughty, whether people or kings. Interpretation: Tradition reads these verses as saying that God opposes pride and lifts the humble, so no one is too mighty to be brought low.

examples

• Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath; and look upon every one that is proud, and abase him. (Writings JOB.40.11, JPS 1917) tree →
• Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven; for all His works are truth, and His ways justice; and those that walk in pride He is able to abase.' (Writings DAN.4.34, JPS 1917) tree →
• thus saith the Lord GOD: The mitre shall be removed, and the crown taken off; this shall be no more the same: that which is low shall be exalted, and that which is high abased. (Prophets EZK.21.31, JPS 1917) tree →

note

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

In the corpora

• Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath; and look upon every one that is proud, and abase him.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «abase» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.