froward

«froward» in Mova's judaism dictionary: stubborn and hard to deal with; turning away from what is… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective

meaning for a pupil

stubborn and hard to deal with; turning away from what is right (an old word) tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: An old word used when God calls Israel a "froward generation" that has no faithfulness.

examples

• And He said: 'I will hide My face from them, I will see what their end shall be; for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faithfulness. (Torah DEU.32.20, JPS 1917) tree →
• A froward man soweth strife; and a whisperer separateth familiar friends. (Writings PRO.16.28, JPS 1917) tree →
• Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee. (Writings PRO.4.24, JPS 1917) tree →
• To deliver thee from the way of evil, from the men that speak froward things; (Writings PRO.2.12, JPS 1917) tree →

note

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

In the corpora

• To deliver thee from the way of evil, from the men that speak froward things;
• Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.
• A base person, a man of iniquity, is he that walketh with a froward mouth;
• The mouth of the righteous buddeth with wisdom; but the froward tongue shall be cut off.
• A froward man soweth strife; and a whisperer separateth familiar friends.

Trees and pragmatics

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