obstinate

«obstinate» in Mova's judaism dictionary: Stubborn; refusing to change your mind or to do as you… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (obstinate, more obstinate, most obstinate)

meaning for a pupil

Stubborn; refusing to change your mind or to do as you are told. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: The Torah says God made Sihon's heart obstinate so that he would refuse Israel passage and be defeated. Interpretation: Commentators discuss how God can harden a heart, and often say a person first chooses stubbornness himself. In the primary lessons: a prince or animal who will not move or give way

examples

• But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him; for the LORD thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that He might deliver him into thy hand, as appeareth this day. (Torah DEU.2.30, JPS 1917) tree →
• Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass; (Prophets ISA.48.4, JPS 1917) tree →
• Don't be obstinate; just try it. tree →
• The obstinate goat would not move. tree →
• He was obstinate and would not say sorry. tree →

note

nothing for maths.

In the corpora

• Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;

Trees and pragmatics

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