forestall

«forestall» in Mova's judaism dictionary: To act ahead of someone or something and get there first… — 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

verb

meaning for a pupil

To act ahead of someone or something and get there first, or to stop it from happening. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Here the psalmist wakes before the night-watches (the set parts of the night) even begin, so he can think about God's word. Interpretation: Tradition reads this as devotion to Torah study: the psalmist rises in the night, before dawn, to learn and pray.

examples

• Mine eyes forestalled the night-watches, that I might meditate in Thy word. (Writings PSA.119.148, JPS 1917) tree →

note

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

In the corpora

• Mine eyes forestalled the night-watches, that I might meditate in Thy word.

Trees and pragmatics

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