hinder
part of speech
verb (hinder, hinders, hindered, hindering)
meaning for a pupil
To hinder is to make it hard for someone to do something or to get somewhere; to slow them down or get in their way. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: "Hinder" is also an old word meaning back or rear, as in "the hinder part of the tabernacle." Job and Jeremiah also use it as a verb meaning to stop someone, as in "who can hinder Him?" Interpretation: The tabernacle's back, the west side, was built with six boards. Tradition studies the exact measurements as a sacred plan given to Moses. Job's question is read as showing that no one can stop God. In the primary lessons: a fallen tree, a rule or a bad path that stops or slows a journey
examples
- Behold, He snatcheth away, who can hinder Him? (Writings JOB.9.12, JPS 1917) tree →
- And for the hinder part of the tabernacle westward he made six boards. (Torah EXO.36.27, JPS 1917) tree →
- And for the hinder part of the tabernacle westward thou shalt make six boards. (Torah EXO.26.22, JPS 1917) tree →
- If He pass by, and shut up, or gather in, then who can hinder Him? (Writings JOB.11.10, JPS 1917) tree →
- A wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind in her desire; her lust, who can hinder it? (Prophets JER.2.24, JPS 1917) tree →
- The fallen tree hindered our walk. tree →
- Heavy rain hindered the workers. tree →
- Don't let noise hinder your reading. tree →
note
nothing for maths; it slows progress but does not change any number
In the corpora
- And for the hinder part of the tabernacle westward thou shalt make six boards.
- And two boards shalt thou make for the corners of the tabernacle in the hinder part.
- And for the hinder part of the tabernacle westward he made six boards.
- And two boards made he for the corners of the tabernacle in the hinder part;
- and all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah as far as the hinder sea;
Trees and pragmatics
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