bitterness

«bitterness» in Mova's judaism dictionary: A sharp, unpleasant taste, like strong coffee or dark… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (bitterness, uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) A sharp, unpleasant taste, like strong coffee or dark chocolate. tree →

2) Angry, hurt feelings because you think you were treated unfairly. tree →

3) (of weather) Very sharp coldness. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the "water of bitterness," a drink given to a wife suspected of unfaithfulness, with God's name written and washed into it. Elsewhere it means deep sorrow or pain of the soul, as in the bitterness of death, or of grief in Lamentations and Job. Interpretation: The rabbis call this ordeal the sotah rite, and say the water proved guilt or innocence. The tradition reads the bitterness in Lamentations as the grief of Israel over the ruined Jerusalem. In the primary lessons: In science lessons on taste: the tongue senses sweetness, saltiness, sourness, bitterness and umami. In stories: a character feels bitterness after losing or being let down. Phrases: without bitterness, a feeling of bitterness, the bitterness of the wind.

examples

• And they were a bitterness of spirit unto Isaac and to Rebekah. (Torah GEN.26.35, JPS 1917) tree →
• And the priest shall write these curses in a scroll, and he shall blot them out into the water of bitterness. (Torah NUM.5.23, JPS 1917) tree →
• And he shall make the woman drink the water of bitterness that causeth the curse; and the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her and become bitter. (Torah NUM.5.24, JPS 1917) tree →
• And Agag said: 'Surely the bitterness of death is at hand.' (Prophets 1SA.15.32, JPS 1917) tree →
• He hath filled me with bitterness, He hath sated me with wormwood. (Writings LAM.3.15, JPS 1917) tree →
• And another dieth in bitterness of soul, and hath never tasted of good. (Writings JOB.21.25, JPS 1917) tree →
• The bitterness of the medicine made him pull a face. tree →
• Dark chocolate has a little bitterness. tree →
• She spoke about the lost match without bitterness. tree →
• There was bitterness between the two brothers. tree →
• The bitterness of the winter wind stung our faces. tree →
• Lemons are sour; coffee has bitterness. tree →
• Inge heard all this, and her heart became hardened and full of bitterness. tree →

note

Uncountable. Adjective: bitter. Bitter (taste of coffee) is not the same as sour (taste of lemons) — a common confusion.

In the corpora

• And they were a bitterness of spirit unto Isaac and to Rebekah.
• And the priest shall write these curses in a scroll, and he shall blot them out into the water of bitterness.
• and she was in bitterness of soul — and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore.
• And Agag said: 'Surely the bitterness of death is at hand.'
• Sigh therefore, thou son of man; with the breaking of thy loins and with bitterness shalt thou sigh before their eyes.

Trees and pragmatics

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