diviner

«diviner» in Mova's judaism dictionary: A person who claims to find hidden things or to foretell… — 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 (diviners)

meaning for a pupil

A person who claims to find hidden things or to foretell the future. tree →

sense in the lessons

Interpretation: The Torah forbids Israel to go to diviners, and tradition reads this as a call to trust God and His prophets. In the primary lessons: in fairy tales a clever person who is asked to explain a dream or a secret

examples

• For these nations, that thou art to dispossess, hearken unto soothsayers, and unto diviners; but as for thee, the LORD thy God hath not suffered thee so to do. (Torah DEU.18.14, JPS 1917) tree →
• The mighty man, and the man of war; the judge, and the prophet, and the diviner, and the elder; (Prophets ISA.3.2, JPS 1917) tree →
• That frustrateth the tokens of the imposters, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish; (Prophets ISA.44.25, JPS 1917) tree →
• And the seers shall be put to shame, and the diviners confounded; yea, they shall all cover their upper lips; for there shall be no answer of God. (Prophets MIC.3.7, JPS 1917) tree →
• The king sent for a diviner. tree →
• The diviner said the rain would come soon. tree →

note

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In the corpora

• The mighty man, and the man of war; the judge, and the prophet, and the diviner, and the elder;
• That frustrateth the tokens of the imposters, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;

Trees and pragmatics

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