astonishment
part of speech
noun (astonishment — uncountable)
meaning for a pupil
Astonishment is a feeling of very great surprise. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It means a fearful shock or a state of horror, and "an astonishment" is something people stare at in horror. Interpretation: It belongs to the curses in Deuteronomy. Tradition reads it as a warning that breaking the covenant would bring Israel such sorrow that it becomes a byword among nations. In the primary lessons: In stories, characters stare, gasp or freeze in astonishment. Phrases: «to my astonishment», «in astonishment», «stare in astonishment». In Alice, Alice is often filled with astonishment at Wonderland.
examples
- The LORD will smite thee with madness, and with blindness, and with astonishment of heart. (Torah DEU.28.28, JPS 1917) tree →
- And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all the peoples whither the LORD shall lead thee away. (Torah DEU.28.37, JPS 1917) tree →
- How is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations! (Prophets JER.51.41, JPS 1917) tree →
- And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwelling-place for jackals, an astonishment, and a hissing, without inhabitant. (Prophets JER.51.37, JPS 1917) tree →
- To make their land an astonishment, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and shake his head. (Prophets JER.18.16, JPS 1917) tree →
- To my astonishment, the cat began to talk. tree →
- The crowd gasped in astonishment. tree →
- Mole stared in astonishment at Rat's boat. tree →
- Much to our astonishment, we won the cup. tree →
- Her eyes widened in astonishment. tree →
- He shook his head in astonishment. tree →
- The grand-vizir was filled with astonishment. tree →
note
Uncountable: «great astonishment», not «an astonishment». Verb: astonish.
In the corpora
- The LORD will smite thee with madness, and with blindness, and with astonishment of heart.
- And Edom shall become an astonishment; every one that passeth by it shall be astonished and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof.
- And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwelling-place for jackals, an astonishment, and a hissing, without inhabitant.
- How is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!
- Thou shalt be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, with the cup of astonishment and appalment, with the cup of thy sister Samaria.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «astonishment» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.