exaction

«exaction» in Mova's judaism dictionary: Forcing someone to hand over money or goods, often unfairly — 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

Forcing someone to hand over money or goods, often unfairly. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It means harsh demands for payment, especially taking grain or interest from the poor. Interpretation: The prophets and Nehemiah condemned the rich who squeezed the poor. The tradition says lending should help a neighbor and should not oppress him.

examples

• I pray you, let us leave off this exaction. (Writings NEH.5.10, JPS 1917) tree →
• Thus saith the Lord GOD: Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel; remove violence and spoil, and execute justice and righteousness; take away your exactions from My people, saith the Lord GOD. (Prophets EZK.45.9, JPS 1917) tree →
• Therefore, because ye trample upon the poor, and take from him exactions of wheat; ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them, ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine thereof. (Prophets AMO.5.11, JPS 1917) tree →

note

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

In the corpora

• I pray you, let us leave off this exaction.

Trees and pragmatics

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