canker

«canker» in Mova's judaism dictionary: A grub or caterpillar-like insect that eats plants — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun

meaning for a pupil

A grub or caterpillar-like insect that eats plants. The word is used in the name "canker-worm". tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It is a kind of locust or its young, which eats crops and arrives in huge swarms. It is a plague and also a picture of a vast army. Interpretation: One of the plagues of Egypt was locusts. The prophets use swarms of them as a picture of armies sent by God to punish nations, such as Nineveh and Babylon.

examples

• He spoke, and the locust came, and the canker-worm without number, (Writings PSA.105.34, JPS 1917) tree →
• Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven; the canker-worm spreadeth itself, and flieth away. (Prophets NAM.3.16, JPS 1917) tree →
• The LORD of hosts hath sworn by Himself: Surely I will fill thee with men, as with the canker-worm, and they shall lift up a shout against thee. (Prophets JER.51.14, JPS 1917) tree →

note

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

In the corpora

• Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven; the canker-worm spreadeth itself, and flieth away.
• He spoke, and the locust came, and the canker-worm without number,

Trees and pragmatics

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