piercing

«piercing» in Mova's judaism dictionary: A sharp stab or wound, as by a pointed thing — 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

meaning for a pupil

A sharp stab or wound, as by a pointed thing. tree →

sense in the lessons

Interpretation: Proverbs contrasts careless words that wound with wise words that heal. The tradition treats harmful speech as a serious sin.

examples

• There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword; but the tongue of the wise is health. (Writings PRO.12.18, JPS 1917) tree →

note

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

In the corpora

• There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword; but the tongue of the wise is health.

Trees and pragmatics

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