oppressor

«oppressor» in Mova's judaism dictionary: A person who treats others cruelly and unfairly and uses… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun

meaning for a pupil

A person who treats others cruelly and unfairly and uses power to keep them down. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: The Tanakh often says God hears the cry of the poor and saves them from their oppressors, as He saved Israel from Egypt. Interpretation: Tradition teaches that God is the defender of the weak and that people must not oppress the stranger, the widow or the orphan, remembering they were slaves in Egypt.

examples

• And where is the fury of the oppressor? (Prophets ISA.51.13, JPS 1917) tree →
• I have done justice and righteousness; leave me not to mine oppressors. (Writings PSA.119.121, JPS 1917) tree →
• or: 'Deliver me from the adversary's hand'? or: 'Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors'? (Writings JOB.6.23, JPS 1917) tree →

note

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

In the corpora

• And where is the fury of the oppressor?
• May he judge the poor of the people, and save the children of the needy, and crush the oppressor.
• I have done justice and righteousness; leave me not to mine oppressors.
• Our soul is full sated with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud oppressors.
• The prince that lacketh understanding is also a great oppressor; but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.

Trees and pragmatics

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