compassionate

«compassionate» in Mova's judaism dictionary: feeling sorry for people in trouble and wanting to help them — 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

adjective (more compassionate, most compassionate)

meaning for a pupil

Compassionate means feeling sorry for people in trouble and wanting to help them. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: A main word for God's character, translating the Hebrew "rachum," from the same root as "womb," meaning a parent's tender love. Interpretation: It is one of the thirteen attributes of mercy that Jews recite on fast days and the High Holy Days, and people are told to imitate God by being compassionate. In the primary lessons: in stories a judge, soldier or nurse is compassionate when they pity a poor person and act kindly.

examples

• Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is compassionate. (Writings PSA.116.5, JPS 1917) tree →
• Therefore I fled beforehand unto Tarshish; for I knew that Thou art a gracious God, and compassionate, long-suffering, and abundant in mercy, and repentest Thee of the evil. (Prophets JON.4.2, JPS 1917) tree →
• And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God; for He is gracious and compassionate, long-suffering, and abundant in mercy, and repenteth Him of the evil. (Prophets JOL.2.13, JPS 1917) tree →
• The kind nurse was compassionate to the sick child. tree →
• A compassionate judge listened to the poor man. tree →
• The old soldier had a compassionate heart and opened the door. tree →

note

nothing for maths

In the corpora

• Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is compassionate.

Trees and pragmatics

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