reproof

«reproof» in Mova's judaism dictionary: a sharp word or talk that tells someone they have done wrong — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (reproofs)

meaning for a pupil

A reproof is a sharp word or talk that tells someone they have done wrong. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Correction or warning meant to teach a person to do better, often in Proverbs. Interpretation: Tradition treats giving and accepting reproof (tochachah) as a duty and a sign of wisdom, since the wise listen and fools hate it. In the primary lessons: a wise person gives a reproof to a greedy or rude character

examples

• They would none of my counsel, they despised all my reproof. (Writings PRO.1.30, JPS 1917) tree →
• And say: 'How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof; (Writings PRO.5.12, JPS 1917) tree →
• Whoso loveth knowledge loveth correction; but he that is brutish hateth reproof. (Writings PRO.12.1, JPS 1917) tree →
• The teacher gave him a stern reproof. tree →
• She took the reproof with a red face. tree →
• Her father's reproof made him say sorry. tree →

note

nothing for maths

In the corpora

• But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof;
• They would none of my counsel, they despised all my reproof.
• And say: 'How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
• For the commandment is a lamp, and the teaching is light, and reproofs of instruction are the way of life;
• He is in the way of life that heedeth instruction; but he that forsaketh reproof erreth.

Trees and pragmatics

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