revile
part of speech
verb (revile, reviles, reviled, reviling)
meaning for a pupil
To insult someone harshly and angrily, using bitter words. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Torah it is a command not to speak scornfully against God. Some read the Hebrew as also covering judges. Interpretation: The rabbis took this to forbid blasphemy, which is a serious crime. Some of them also read the word as meaning that one must not curse judges. In the primary lessons: in tales, a bad character or an enemy who shouts insults; «revile» is a stronger word than «tease»
examples
- Thou shalt not revile God, nor curse a ruler of thy people. (Torah EXO.22.28, JPS 1917) tree →
- Lest he that heareth it revile thee, and thine infamy turn not away. (Writings PRO.25.10, JPS 1917) tree →
- Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and I have given Jacob to condemnation, and Israel to reviling. (Prophets ISA.43.28, JPS 1917) tree →
- The fox reviled the lion from behind the bars. tree →
- The bully reviled the new girl. tree →
- Do not revile people who are weaker than you. tree →
note
nothing for maths
In the corpora
- Thou shalt not revile God, nor curse a ruler of thy people.
- Lest he that heareth it revile thee, and thine infamy turn not away.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «revile» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.