provocation

«provocation» in Mova's judaism dictionary: something done or said on purpose to make someone angry… — 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 (provocation, provocations)

meaning for a pupil

1) Provocation is something done or said on purpose to make someone angry or to make them react. tree →

2) A provocation is one such action. tree →

3) «Without provocation» means without any reason. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Torah it means an act that stirs anger. It is the enemy's act that could stir God to anger. Interpretation: Tradition reads God's restraint as mercy. God holds back so that nations will not claim their own power did it. In the primary lessons: In playground and safety lessons it explains that teasing and name-calling can be provocation, and that you choose how to react. In stories and news it tells the reader why a fight started. Phrases: «without provocation», «under provocation», «the slightest provocation».

examples

• Were it not that I dreaded the enemy's provocation, lest their adversaries should misdeem, lest they should say: Our hand is exalted, and not the LORD hath wrought all this.' (Torah DEU.32.27, JPS 1917) tree →
• Surely there are mockers with me, and mine eye abideth in their provocation. (Writings JOB.17.2, JPS 1917) tree →
• Yea, when they had made them a molten calf, and said: 'This is thy God that brought thee up out of Egypt, and had wrought great provocations; (Writings NEH.9.18, JPS 1917) tree →
• for the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and wherewith he made Israel to sin; because of his provocation wherewith he provoked the LORD, the God of Israel. (Prophets 1KI.15.30, JPS 1917) tree →
• He hit the boy without any provocation. tree →
• Don't react to provocation — walk away. tree →
• She gets angry at the slightest provocation. tree →
• The insults were a deliberate provocation. tree →
• The dog bit the man without provocation. tree →
• Under provocation, he stayed calm. tree →
• Name-calling is provocation. tree →
• The army saw the move as a provocation. tree →
• The Eagle gave the first provocation in seizing upon and in eating the young ones of the Beetle. tree →

note

Verb: provoke; adjective: provocative. Spelling: provoCation (c), though provoKe has k. Provocation does not make violence right.

In the corpora

• Surely there are mockers with me, and mine eye abideth in their provocation.

Trees and pragmatics

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