semblance

«semblance» in Mova's judaism dictionary: A mere outward look or likeness, without real substance — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun

meaning for a pupil

A mere outward look or likeness, without real substance. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Psalms it means a shadow or image, as of people who pass away like a dream. Interpretation: Tradition reads it as saying human life and wealth are fleeting, and God will wake and dismiss the wicked as a vanished dream.

examples

• As a dream when one awaketh, so, O Lord, when Thou arousest Thyself, Thou wilt despise their semblance. (Writings PSA.73.20, JPS 1917) tree →
• Surely man walketh as a mere semblance; surely for vanity they are in turmoil; he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them. (Writings PSA.39.7, JPS 1917) tree →

note

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

In the corpora

• As a dream when one awaketh, so, O Lord, when Thou arousest Thyself, Thou wilt despise their semblance.

Trees and pragmatics

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