shrivelled

«shrivelled» in Mova's judaism dictionary: dried up and wrinkled, shrunk small and tight, like an… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective; past form of verb shrivel (shrivel, shrivels, shrivelled, shrivelling; American spelling shriveled)

meaning for a pupil

Shrivelled means dried up and wrinkled, shrunk small and tight, like an old apple or a dead leaf. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Job and Lamentations use it for a body wasted by suffering or hunger, with skin drawn tight on the bones. Interpretation: Job reads it as his suffering becoming a "witness" against him, which his friends took as proof of guilt. Lamentations shows the starving people of Jerusalem after the city fell. In the primary lessons: in the tales a shrivelled thing or person is old, dry, or withered, often a sign of age, hunger, or spite.

examples

• And Thou hast shrivelled me up, which is a witness against me; and my leanness riseth up against me, it testifieth to my face. (Writings JOB.16.8, JPS 1917) tree →
• Their visage is blacker than coal; they are not known in the streets; their skin is shrivelled upon their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick. (Writings LAM.4.8, JPS 1917) tree →
• The shrivelled frog sat alone in the corner. tree →
• He sold a sack of shrivelled apples. tree →
• The old dwarf had a shrivelled face. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

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