heavenward

«heavenward» in Mova's judaism dictionary: Toward the sky or heaven — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adverb

meaning for a pupil

Toward the sky or heaven. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Moses throws soot up toward the sky, and it becomes boils on the Egyptians. This is the sixth plague. Interpretation: Commentators note that Moses threw a handful of soot from the furnace, and that it spread as fine dust over all Egypt.

examples

• And the LORD said unto Moses and unto Aaron: 'Take to you handfuls of soot of the furnace, and let Moses throw it heavenward in the sight of Pharaoh. (Torah EXO.9.8, JPS 1917) tree →
• And they took soot of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses threw it up heavenward; and it became a boil breaking forth with blains upon man and upon beast. (Torah EXO.9.10, JPS 1917) tree →

note

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

Trees and pragmatics

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