attestation

«attestation» in Mova's judaism dictionary: true — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun

meaning for a pupil

proof or witness that something is true tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Ruth it means the public sign that a deal was settled, which was handing over a shoe. Interpretation: Tradition sees the shoe as a sign of the transfer of the right to the land. It was a way to make a deal binding before witnesses.

examples

• Now this was the custom in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning exchanging, to confirm all things: a man drew off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbour; and this was the attestation in Israel. — (Writings RUT.4.7, JPS 1917) tree →

note

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Trees and pragmatics

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