howl

«howl» in Mova's judaism dictionary: Of a wolf or dog: to make a long, loud, sad cry — 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

verb (howl, howls, howled, howling); noun (a howl, howls)

meaning for a pupil

1) Of a wolf or dog: to make a long, loud, sad cry. tree →

2) Of a person: to cry loudly in pain, anger or sadness. tree →

3) Of the wind: to blow hard with a loud, wailing sound. tree →

4) To laugh very loudly: «howl with laughter». tree →

5) (noun) A long, loud cry. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: "Howling wilderness" means an empty, wild desert where wind and wild animals cry out. Interpretation: Tradition reads this as Israel's early care in the desert, where God protected them in a dangerous place. In the primary lessons: In stories it creates a spooky or wild mood: wolves howling at the moon, the wind howling in a storm. It can also show strong laughter or crying. Phrases: howl at the moon, howl with laughter, howling wind, a howl of pain.

examples

• He found him in a desert land, and in the waste, a howling wilderness; He compassed him about, He cared for him, He kept him as the apple of His eye. (Torah DEU.32.10, JPS 1917) tree →
• Pass ye over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the coast-land. (Prophets ISA.23.6, JPS 1917) tree →
• Howl, ye ships of Tarshish, for your stronghold is laid waste. (Prophets ISA.23.14, JPS 1917) tree →
• They return at evening, they howl like a dog, and go round about the city. (Writings PSA.59.7, JPS 1917) tree →
• The wolves howled at the full moon. tree →
• The wind howled around the house all night. tree →
• The baby howled when she dropped her ice cream. tree →
• We howled with laughter at the funny film. tree →
• There was a howl of pain when he stubbed his toe. tree →
• Our dog howls whenever the fire engine goes past. tree →

note

Related: howler (an obvious, funny mistake, especially UK). Similar: wail, yowl, bay. «Howling» can also mean very great: «a howling success».

In the corpora

• Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; as destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
• Pass ye over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the coast-land.
• Howl, ye ships of Tarshish, for your stronghold is laid waste.
• They that rule over them do howl, saith the LORD, and My name continually all the day is blasphemed.
• They return at evening, they howl like a dog, and go round about the city.

Trees and pragmatics

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