bittern

«bittern» in Mova's judaism dictionary: A bird that lives in marshes and makes a booming call — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun

meaning for a pupil

A bird that lives in marshes and makes a booming call. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Isaiah names it among creatures that will live in the ruins of fallen cities. Interpretation: The prophets use desert birds and wild creatures living in the ruins to show how completely God's judgment destroys proud places.

examples

• I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water; and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the LORD of hosts. (Prophets ISA.14.23, JPS 1917) tree →
• But the pelican and the bittern shall possess it, and the owl and the raven shall dwell therein; and He shall stretch over it the line of confusion, and the plummet of emptiness. (Prophets ISA.34.11, JPS 1917) tree →

note

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

Trees and pragmatics

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