rampart
part of speech
noun (ramparts in the plural)
meaning for a pupil
1) A rampart is a high wall of earth or stone built to defend a town or castle. tree →
2) The ramparts are the walkway along the top of such a wall. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Prophets and Psalms ramparts are the defences of a city. Psalm 48 tells people to look closely at Zion's ramparts and palaces, and Nahum says the sea was the rampart of No-amon. Jeremiah mentions houses torn down to make ramparts against the enemy. Interpretation: In Sefer Yetzirah, God made the earth like a rampart, a standing wall, from formless void. This is read as an image of creation giving order to chaos. The tradition reads Psalm 48 as a call to remember Jerusalem's strength and tell it to the next generation. In the primary lessons: in stories, the strong walls of a castle or city where guards stand
examples
- He also formed and designed from his Spirit, and from the void and formless made earth, even as a rampart, or standing wall, and varied its surface even as the crossing of beams. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) tree →
- Mark ye well her ramparts, traverse her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following. (Writings PSA.48.14, JPS 1917) tree →
- Art thou better than No-amon, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about her; whose rampart was the sea, and of the sea her wall? (Prophets NAM.3.8, JPS 1917) tree →
- For thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning the houses of this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah, which are broken down for mounds, and for ramparts; (Prophets JER.33.4, JPS 1917) tree →
- The soldiers stood on the ramparts. tree →
- The town was guarded by high ramparts. tree →
- We walked along the ramparts and looked at the sea. tree →
note
nothing for maths
In the corpora
Trees and pragmatics
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