mocker

«mocker» in Mova's judaism dictionary: A person who makes fun of others in an unkind way; a scoffer — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun

meaning for a pupil

A person who makes fun of others in an unkind way; a scoffer. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Job and Proverbs, a mocker is someone who makes fun of people and of what is right and holy. Interpretation: Tradition treats scoffing as a serious fault. Mockers are said to be far from wisdom and from God.

examples

• Surely there are mockers with me, and mine eye abideth in their provocation. (Writings JOB.17.2, JPS 1917) tree →

note

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

In the corpora

• Wine is a mocker, strong drink is riotous; and whosoever reeleth thereby is not wise.
• Surely there are mockers with me, and mine eye abideth in their provocation.

Trees and pragmatics

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