searching

«searching» in Mova's judaism dictionary: The act of looking into something carefully, here of the… — 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

The act of looking into something carefully, here of the heart. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Judges, the "great searchings of heart" are the deep thoughts and doubts of Reuben's tribe, who did not join the battle. Interpretation: Tradition reads it as a rebuke to those who debate but do not act when the nation needs them.

examples

• At the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart. (Prophets JDG.5.16, JPS 1917) tree →

note

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

In the corpora

• At the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.
• His discernment is past searching out.
• The spirit of man is the lamp of the LORD, searching all the inward parts.
• Job hunting means searching adverts and sending applications, often dozens before getting anywhere; many get no reply at all.
• A wild animal spends most of its day busy: searching for food, digging, climbing, sniffing and chasing.

Trees and pragmatics

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