scorner

«scorner» in Mova's judaism dictionary: A person who treats others or serious things with contempt — 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

meaning for a pupil

A person who treats others or serious things with contempt. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Proverbs the scorner is a proud person who refuses correction and mocks wisdom. Interpretation: Proverbs is read as saying God pays back the scornful in kind but gives grace to the humble.

examples

• Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools. (Writings PRO.19.29, JPS 1917) tree →
• And how long will scorners delight them in scorning, and fools hate knowledge? (Writings PRO.1.22, JPS 1917) tree →
• If it concerneth the scorners, He scorneth them, but unto the humble He giveth grace. (Writings PRO.3.34, JPS 1917) tree →

note

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

In the corpora

• For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner ceaseth, and all they that watch for iniquity are cut off;
• On the day of our king the princes make him sick with the heat of wine, he stretcheth out his hand with scorners.
• And how long will scorners delight them in scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
• If it concerneth the scorners, He scorneth them, but unto the humble He giveth grace.
• He that correcteth a scorner getteth to himself shame, and he that reproveth a wicked man, it becometh unto him a blot.

Trees and pragmatics

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