lawgiver
part of speech
noun (lawgivers)
meaning for a pupil
A lawgiver is a person who makes the laws for a people or country, such as a wise leader long ago. tree →
sense in the lessons
Interpretation: Isaiah calls God Judge, Lawgiver and King. Tradition believes God gave the Torah at Sinai through Moses. In the primary lessons: in stories a lawgiver is a wise figure who sets down the rules of a land; in a picture of the past, the lawgiver stands for the old rules
examples
- For the LORD is our Judge, the LORD is our Lawgiver, the LORD is our King; He will save us. (Prophets ISA.33.22, JPS 1917) tree →
- The lawgiver wrote rules for the whole city. tree →
- Moses is often called a great lawgiver. tree →
- The old king was a fair lawgiver. tree →
note
nothing for maths.
In the corpora
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «lawgiver» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.