intercessor

«intercessor» in Mova's judaism dictionary: A person who pleads with another for someone else's sake — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun

meaning for a pupil

A person who pleads with another for someone else's sake. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Bible it means someone who speaks for others before God, or sometimes a mediator or interpreter. Job also speaks of an angel as an intercessor. Interpretation: Tradition understands that prophets, priests, and sometimes angels may speak for people, though some commentators say that a person's own good deeds are the best defenders.

examples

• Thy first father sinned, and thine intercessors have transgressed against Me. (Prophets ISA.43.27, JPS 1917) tree →
• Mine inward thoughts are my intercessors, mine eye poureth out tears unto God; (Writings JOB.16.20, JPS 1917) tree →
• If there be for him an angel, an intercessor, one among a thousand, to vouch for a man's uprightness; (Writings JOB.33.23, JPS 1917) tree →

note

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

In the corpora

• Thy first father sinned, and thine intercessors have transgressed against Me.
• Mine inward thoughts are my intercessors, mine eye poureth out tears unto God;
• If there be for him an angel, an intercessor, one among a thousand, to vouch for a man's uprightness;

Trees and pragmatics

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