brier
part of speech
noun (briers)
meaning for a pupil
A brier is another spelling of briar, a prickly bush with thorny stems. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: A prickly, thorny plant. Briers and thorns are signs of land gone wild and empty. Interpretation: The prophets use briers for a land ruined by sin. Isaiah also pictures them being burned in God's anger. In the primary lessons: in animal tales from the American south, the brier-patch is where the rabbit hides from the fox
examples
- Fury is not in Me; would that I were as the briers and thorns in flame! (Prophets ISA.27.4, JPS 1917) tree →
- With arrows and with bow shall one come thither; because all the land shall become briers and thorns. (Prophets ISA.7.24, JPS 1917) tree →
- For the land of my people whereon thorns and briers come up; yea, for all the houses of joy and the joyous city. (Prophets ISA.32.13, JPS 1917) tree →
- "Don't fling me in that brier-patch," said Brer Rabbit. tree →
- The thorns on the brier scratched the boy's legs. tree →
- The rabbit ran into the brier-patch and was safe. tree →
note
nothing for maths
In the corpora
- With arrows and with bow shall one come thither; because all the land shall become briers and thorns.
- Fury is not in Me; would that I were as the briers and thorns in flame!
Trees and pragmatics
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