scourge

«scourge» in Mova's judaism dictionary: a person, animal or thing that causes great trouble or… — 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 (scourges); verb (scourge, scourges, scourged, scourging)

meaning for a pupil

1) A scourge is a person, animal or thing that causes great trouble or suffering, a plague. tree →

2) (old use) A scourge is a whip used to beat someone. tree →

3) To scourge is (old use) to whip or beat someone as a punishment. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: A whip, or a plague or disaster sent as punishment or as a harsh blow. It can also mean harsh words. Interpretation: Tradition sometimes reads scourges as God's way of correcting, and Job's friends use it to explain his suffering. In the primary lessons: in tales, a terrible creature that brings fear and harm to a country, such as «the scourge of our country»

examples

• If the scourge slay suddenly, He will mock at the calamity of the guiltless. (Writings JOB.9.23, JPS 1917) tree →
• They are children of churls, yea, children of ignoble men; they were scourged out of the land. (Writings JOB.30.8, JPS 1917) tree →
• Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue; neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh. (Writings JOB.5.21, JPS 1917) tree →
• The dragon was the scourge of the land. tree →
• Snakes can be the scourge of a village. tree →
• The fire was the scourge of the old town. tree →

note

nothing for maths

In the corpora

• Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue; neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
• If the scourge slay suddenly, He will mock at the calamity of the guiltless.
• They are children of churls, yea, children of ignoble men; they were scourged out of the land.

Trees and pragmatics

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