bounty

«bounty» in Mova's judaism dictionary: Generous giving, or a gift given freely and in plenty — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun

meaning for a pupil

Generous giving, or a gift given freely and in plenty. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Bible it often means a king's generous gifts, as when Solomon gives to the queen of Sheba. Interpretation: A king's bounty shows his greatness. It also reminds readers that God's bounty to the world is far greater.

examples

• And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside that which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty. (Prophets 1KI.10.13, JPS 1917) tree →
• And they gave them drink in vessels of gold — the vessels being diverse one from another — and royal wine in abundance, according to the bounty of the king. (Writings EST.1.7, JPS 1917) tree →
• Then the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his servants, even Esther's feast; and he made a release to the provinces, and gave gifts, according to the bounty of the king. (Writings EST.2.18, JPS 1917) tree →

note

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

Trees and pragmatics

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