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headlong

«headlong» in Mova's judaism dictionary: Head first, with a fast rush, in a way that is not careful — 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

adverb; adjective

meaning for a pupil

1) (adverb) Head first, with a fast rush, in a way that is not careful. tree →

2) (adjective) Rushing forward very fast, without thinking first. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Rushing wildly forward without thought. Interpretation: Jeremiah uses the horse rushing into battle to describe a people who will not turn back from sin, and tradition reads it as a call to repent. In the primary lessons: in tales a character rushes or dives in a reckless way; in the lessons it describes a fast, careless movement, e.g. «a headlong rush»

examples

  • He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; and the counsel of the wily is carried headlong. (Writings JOB.5.13, JPS 1917) tree →
  • I attended and listened, but they spoke not aright; no man repenteth him of his wickedness, saying: 'What have I done?' Every one turneth away in his course, as a horse that rusheth headlong in the battle. (Prophets JER.8.6, JPS 1917) tree →
  • The giant came headlong down the hill. tree →
  • He dived headlong into the lake. tree →
  • The children made a headlong dash for the door. tree →

note

nothing for maths

In the corpora

Trees and pragmatics

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

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