rigour

«rigour» in Mova's judaism dictionary: Harshness or strictness, and very hard treatment — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun

meaning for a pupil

Harshness or strictness, and very hard treatment. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Torah it means cruel, harsh work forced on slaves, as the Egyptians did to Israel. The Torah forbids Israelites to do this to those who serve them. Interpretation: The rabbis said it means giving work with no end or purpose, only to make someone suffer. They taught that people must treat servants with kindness.

examples

• And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour. (Torah EXO.1.13, JPS 1917) tree →
• Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God. (Torah LEV.25.43, JPS 1917) tree →
• As a servant hired year by year shall he be with him; he shall not rule with rigour over him in thy sight. (Torah LEV.25.53, JPS 1917) tree →

note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

In the corpora

• And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour.
• Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.
• As a servant hired year by year shall he be with him; he shall not rule with rigour over him in thy sight.

Trees and pragmatics

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