persecutor

«persecutor» in Mova's judaism dictionary: Someone who treats another person cruelly and unfairly… — 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

noun (plural persecutors)

meaning for a pupil

Someone who treats another person cruelly and unfairly again and again, to hurt or harm them. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: An enemy who chases and hurts the righteous. Interpretation: In Psalms and Jeremiah the faithful ask God to rescue them. The tradition sees them as trusting God for justice. In the primary lessons: in tales the wicked persecutors chase and hurt the hero or the good people

examples

• Many are my persecutors and mine adversaries; yet have I not turned aside from Thy testimonies. (Writings PSA.119.157, JPS 1917) tree →
• Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low; deliver me from my persecutors; for they are too strong for me. (Writings PSA.142.7, JPS 1917) tree →
• Thou, O LORD, knowest; Remember me, and think of me, and avenge me of my persecutors; take me not away because of Thy long-suffering; know that for Thy sake I have suffered taunts. (Prophets JER.15.15, JPS 1917) tree →
• The poor girl ran from her persecutors. tree →
• The king's men were the persecutors of the kind old man. tree →
• Her persecutor followed her all the way home. tree →

note

nothing for maths.

In the corpora

• Many are my persecutors and mine adversaries; yet have I not turned aside from Thy testimonies.

Trees and pragmatics

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