plowman
part of speech
noun
meaning for a pupil
A person who plows a field, a farmer. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Isaiah asks whether a farmer plows forever, showing that God has times and purposes. Amos says the harvest will be so rich that the plowman overtakes the reaper. Interpretation: Tradition reads Amos's picture as a promise of a time of great blessing when Israel is restored.
examples
- Is the plowman never done with plowing to sow, with the opening and harrowing of his ground? (Prophets ISA.28.24, JPS 1917) tree →
- Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt. (Prophets AMO.9.13, JPS 1917) tree →
note
A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.
In the corpora
- Is the plowman never done with plowing to sow, with the opening and harrowing of his ground?
- And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and aliens shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «plowman» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.