chastening

«chastening» in Mova's judaism dictionary: meant to teach someone — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun

meaning for a pupil

Correction or punishment that is meant to teach someone. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It is God's discipline, like a father's correction of his child. Suffering is meant to teach and to turn a person back. Interpretation: Jewish tradition calls such hardships "yissurim shel ahavah", sufferings of love. They are seen as a father's guiding hand and not as hatred.

examples

• My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD, neither spurn thou His correction; (Writings PRO.3.11, JPS 1917) tree →
• Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth; therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty. (Writings JOB.5.17, JPS 1917) tree →
• LORD, in trouble have they sought Thee, silently they poured out a prayer when Thy chastening was upon them. (Prophets ISA.26.16, JPS 1917) tree →

note

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

In the corpora

• LORD, in trouble have they sought Thee, silently they poured out a prayer when Thy chastening was upon them.
• My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD, neither spurn thou His correction;
• Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth; therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty.

Trees and pragmatics

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