prophesy
part of speech
verb (prophesy, prophesies, prophesied, prophesying)
meaning for a pupil
1) To say what will happen in the future, by special power or by a strong guess. tree →
2) (noun form: prophecy) A prophecy is such a foretelling. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: To prophesy is to speak a message that God puts in the speaker's mouth. It is often a warning or comfort, not only a prediction. Interpretation: The tradition holds that the prophet speaks what God commands and cannot hold it back, as Amos says. Prophecy calls the people to justice and return to God. In the primary lessons: in tales, a wise woman or a magic flower can prophesy the fate of a hero or a girl
examples
- Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man.' (Prophets EZK.11.4, JPS 1917) tree →
- The Lord GOD hath spoken, who can but prophesy? (Prophets AMO.3.8, JPS 1917) tree →
- 'Son of man, set thy face toward Zidon, and prophesy against it, (Prophets EZK.28.21, JPS 1917) tree →
- The wise woman prophesied a storm. tree →
- Can you prophesy who will win the race? tree →
- In the tale, the daisy can prophesy the truth of love. tree →
- The old man prophesied a happy ending. tree →
note
nothing for maths
In the corpora
- And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said: 'Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp.'
- And when he had made an end of prophesying, he came to the high place.
- And when it was told Saul, he sent other messengers, and they also prophesied.
- And Saul sent messengers again the third time, and they also prophesied.
- And I have seen unseemliness in the prophets of Samaria: they prophesied by Baal, and caused My people Israel to err.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «prophesy» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.