mote

«mote» in Mova's judaism dictionary: A tiny speck of dust — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun

meaning for a pupil

A tiny speck of dust. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Isaiah says the isles are as light as a mote. In weight the nations count for almost nothing. Interpretation: The verse is read as showing God's greatness. All the nations are small before Him.

examples

• Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance; behold the isles are as a mote in weight. (Prophets ISA.40.15, JPS 1917) tree →

note

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Trees and pragmatics

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