ravenous
part of speech
adjective
meaning for a pupil
Very, very hungry, so hungry that you could eat a great deal. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It means a beast that is fierce and greedy for prey. Interpretation: Isaiah promises that in the future no fierce beast will be on the road of the redeemed. Tradition reads this as a time of peace and safety. In the primary lessons: in tales, a hungry traveller or a hungry animal wanting food
examples
- His trouble shall be ravenous, and calamity shall be ready for his fall. (Writings JOB.18.12, JPS 1917) tree →
- As a roaring lion, and a ravenous bear; so is a wicked ruler over a poor people. (Writings PRO.28.15, JPS 1917) tree →
- No lion shall be there, nor shall any ravenous beast go up thereon, they shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there; (Prophets ISA.35.9, JPS 1917) tree →
- After the long walk we were ravenous. tree →
- He was ravenous and ate two bowls of soup. tree →
- The wolf was ravenous and looked for food. tree →
note
nothing for maths
In the corpora
- As a roaring lion, and a ravenous bear; so is a wicked ruler over a poor people.
- His trouble shall be ravenous, and calamity shall be ready for his fall.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «ravenous» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.