fiery
part of speech
adjective (fiery, fierier, fieriest)
meaning for a pupil
1) Burning or full of fire: «a fiery furnace». tree →
2) Bright red or orange like fire: «a fiery sunset», «fiery red hair». tree →
3) Quick to get angry or very passionate: «a fiery temper», «a fiery speech». tree →
4) Very hot and spicy: «a fiery curry». tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Torah it describes the "fiery serpents" that bit the people in the wilderness, and a "fiery bolt" in a poem of punishment. It probably means burning, as with a poisonous bite or a lightning flash. The prophets and psalms use "fiery bolts" for lightning or burning arrows that God sends. Interpretation: Tradition tells the fiery serpents were sent as punishment for complaining, and that Moses then made a bronze serpent to look at and be healed. The rabbis taught that people healed when they turned their hearts to God. The psalms and Habakkuk picture God's power with fiery bolts, and a psalm says God broke the fiery shafts of the bow. In the primary lessons: In Bible lessons Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego were thrown into the fiery furnace and saved by God. In stories a fiery dragon breathes flames and a fiery character loses their temper fast. Phrases: «fiery furnace», «fiery temper», «fiery red», «fiery chilli».
examples
- And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died. (Torah NUM.21.6, JPS 1917) tree →
- The wasting of hunger, and the devouring of the fiery bolt, and bitter destruction; and the teeth of beasts will I send upon them, with the venom of crawling things of the dust. (Torah DEU.32.24, JPS 1917) tree →
- who led thee through the great and dreadful wilderness, wherein were serpents, fiery serpents, and scorpions, and thirsty ground where was no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint; (Torah DEU.8.15, JPS 1917) tree →
- Before him goeth the pestilence, and fiery bolts go forth at His feet. (Prophets HAB.3.5, JPS 1917) tree →
- He gave over their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to fiery bolts. (Writings PSA.78.48, JPS 1917) tree →
- There He broke the fiery shafts of the bow; the shield, and the sword, and the battle. (Writings PSA.76.4, JPS 1917) tree →
- The dragon gave a fiery roar. tree →
- Three young men were thrown into the fiery furnace. tree →
- The sky was fiery orange at sunset. tree →
- Our captain has a fiery temper. tree →
- This sauce is really fiery! tree →
- The leader gave a fiery speech. tree →
- "But how did you get across the fiery river?" tree →
note
Spelling trap: fiery (not «firey»), although it comes from «fire». Comparison: fierier, fieriest (rare). Similar: blazing, flaming, hot-tempered.
In the corpora
- And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.
- Before him goeth the pestilence, and fiery bolts go forth at His feet.
- There He broke the fiery shafts of the bow; the shield, and the sword, and the battle.
- He gave over their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to fiery bolts.
- and whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.'
Trees and pragmatics
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