selfsame
part of speech
adjective
meaning for a pupil
exactly the same tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Used to stress that something happened on that very day, as in "the selfsame day." Interpretation: Tradition notes that important events happen "on that very day," such as Abraham's circumcision and the Exodus, showing they are fixed in time.
examples
- And the LORD spoke unto Moses that selfsame day, saying: (Torah DEU.32.48, JPS 1917) tree →
- In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son. (Torah GEN.17.26, JPS 1917) tree →
- And it came to pass the selfsame day that the LORD did bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their hosts. (Torah EXO.12.51, JPS 1917) tree →
- But Thou art the selfsame, and Thy years shall have no end. (Writings PSA.102.28, JPS 1917) tree →
- And they did eat of the produce of the land on the morrow after the passover, unleavened cakes and parched corn, in the selfsame day. (Prophets JOS.5.11, JPS 1917) tree →
- 'Son of man, write thee the name of the day, even of this selfsame day; this selfsame day the king of Babylon hath invested Jerusalem. (Prophets EZK.24.2, JPS 1917) tree →
note
A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.
In the corpora
- In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son.
- And the LORD spoke unto Moses that selfsame day, saying:
- But Thou art the selfsame, and Thy years shall have no end.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «selfsame» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.