insurrection

«insurrection» in Mova's judaism dictionary: A rising up against the government or ruler, a rebellion — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun

meaning for a pupil

A rising up against the government or ruler, a rebellion. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Here the enemies of the Jews write to the Persian king and say that Jerusalem has always rebelled against kings, in order to stop the rebuilding of the city. Interpretation: Tradition reads this as an accusation by the neighbors, who wanted to stop the returning exiles from rebuilding Jerusalem and the Temple.

examples

• And I decreed, and search hath been made, and it is found that this city of old time hath made insurrection against kings, and that rebellion and sedition have been made therein. (Writings EZR.4.19, JPS 1917) tree →

note

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

Trees and pragmatics

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