convulsion
part of speech
noun (convulsions)
meaning for a pupil
1) A convulsion is a sudden, violent shaking of the body that you cannot control. tree →
2) (informal) «Convulsions of laughter» means fits of laughing that you cannot stop. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Violent shaking from terror, pain or fear when judgment comes on nations. Interpretation: The prophets use it for the shock of God's judgment on Egypt, Ethiopia and Nineveh. In the primary lessons: in the tales, a fit that shakes a creature or a person; in fun talk, a funny act that throws the room into laughing fits
examples
- And I will set a fire in Egypt; Sin shall be in great convulsion, and No shall be rent asunder; and in Noph shall come adversaries in the day-time. (Prophets EZK.30.16, JPS 1917) tree →
- She is empty, and void, and waste; and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and convulsion is in all loins, and the faces of them all have gathered blackness. (Prophets NAM.2.11, JPS 1917) tree →
- And a sword shall come upon Egypt, and convulsion shall be in Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt; and they shall take away her abundance, and her foundation shall be broken down. (Prophets EZK.30.4, JPS 1917) tree →
- The snake trembled in violent convulsions. tree →
- The doctor said the boy had convulsions. tree →
- The clown threw the whole hall into convulsions of laughter. tree →
note
nothing for maths
Trees and pragmatics
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