evildoer
part of speech
noun
meaning for a pupil
A person who does wicked things. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It means a person who does wrong and harms others. The Psalms and Proverbs say not to envy such people, and that God will repay them. Interpretation: Tradition teaches that the wicked may seem to prosper, but they will not last. The righteous are told to keep faith and not to copy them.
examples
- Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious at the wicked; (Writings PRO.24.19, JPS 1917) tree →
- Depart from me, ye evildoers; that I may keep the commandments of my God. (Writings PSA.119.115, JPS 1917) tree →
- And I am this day weak, and just anointed king; and these men the sons of Zeruiah are too hard for me; the LORD reward the evildoer according to his wickedness.' (Prophets 2SA.3.39, JPS 1917) tree →
note
A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.
In the corpora
- Depart from me, ye evildoers; that I may keep the commandments of my God.
- Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious at the wicked;
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «evildoer» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.