cognizance

«cognizance» in Mova's judaism dictionary: Awareness or notice of something — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun

meaning for a pupil

Awareness or notice of something. To "take cognizance" is to notice it and pay attention. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Exodus, God "took cognizance" of Israel's suffering. The tradition reads this as God hearing the cry of the slaves and remembering his covenant, which begins the redemption.

examples

• And God saw the children of Israel, and God took cognizance of them. (Torah EXO.2.25, JPS 1917) tree →
• I will be glad and rejoice in Thy lovingkindness; for Thou hast seen mine affliction, Thou hast taken cognizance of the troubles of my soul, (Writings PSA.31.8, JPS 1917) tree →
• Then she fell on her face, and bowed down to the ground, and said unto him: 'Why have I found favour in thy sight, that thou shouldest take cognizance of me, seeing I am a foreigner?' (Writings RUT.2.10, JPS 1917) tree →

note

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

In the corpora

• And God saw the children of Israel, and God took cognizance of them.

Trees and pragmatics

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