admonish

«admonish» in Mova's judaism dictionary: To warn or scold someone gently, to tell them firmly that… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (admonish, admonishes, admonished, admonishing)

meaning for a pupil

To warn or scold someone gently, to tell them firmly that they should behave better. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: To warn people with God's authority, often by prophets, to turn back from wrong. Interpretation: Tradition sees prophets as God's messengers who warn the people to repent before punishment. In the primary lessons: a parent or wise person warns a child or a king about wrong behaviour, or about a danger ahead.

examples

• Now therefore, O ye kings, be wise; be admonished, ye judges of the earth. (Writings PSA.2.10, JPS 1917) tree →
• Hear, O My people, and I will admonish thee: O Israel, if thou wouldest hearken unto Me! (Writings PSA.81.9, JPS 1917) tree →
• Yet He sent prophets to them, to bring them back unto the LORD; and they admonished them, but they would not give ear. (Writings 2CH.24.19, JPS 1917) tree →
• «Quiet,» their mother admonished them. tree →
• The wise man admonished the king to be fair. tree →
• I was admonished for being late. tree →

note

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In the corpora

• Now therefore, O ye kings, be wise; be admonished, ye judges of the earth.
• Hear, O My people, and I will admonish thee: O Israel, if thou wouldest hearken unto Me!

Trees and pragmatics

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