oblation

«oblation» in Mova's judaism dictionary: A gift or offering made to God, often of grain or food… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun

meaning for a pupil

A gift or offering made to God, often of grain or food, brought to the altar. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Isaiah says God does not want offerings that are brought by people who do wrong. Interpretation: Tradition reads this as meaning that sacrifices have no worth without justice and goodness, and that God wants good deeds first.

examples

• Bring no more vain oblations; it is an offering of abomination unto Me; new moon and sabbath, the holding of convocations — I cannot endure iniquity along with the solemn assembly. (Prophets ISA.1.13, JPS 1917) tree →

note

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Trees and pragmatics

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