refine
part of speech
verb
meaning for a pupil
To make something purer or better by taking out what is not wanted. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Job, people refine gold in a mine. In Jeremiah, the founder refines in vain because the wicked are not separated out. In Daniel, some wise people stumble to refine and purify others until the time of the end. Interpretation: The refining of metal is a picture of testing and cleaning people. Tradition reads Daniel as meaning that hard times can purify the faithful.
examples
- For there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold which they refine. (Writings JOB.28.1, JPS 1917) tree →
- The bellows blow fiercely, the lead is consumed of the fire; in vain doth the founder refine, for the wicked are not separated. (Prophets JER.6.29, JPS 1917) tree →
- And some of them that are wise shall stumble, to refine among them, and to purify, and to make white, even to the time of the end; for it is yet for the time appointed. (Writings DAN.11.35, JPS 1917) tree →
note
A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.
In the corpora
- Behold, I have refined thee, but not as silver; I have tried thee in the furnace of affliction.
- The words of the LORD are pure words, as silver tried in a crucible on the earth, refined seven times.
- For Thou, O God, hast tried us; Thou hast refined us, as silver is refined.
- The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but the LORD trieth the hearts.
- For there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold which they refine.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «refine» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.