southland

«southland» in Mova's judaism dictionary: A land or region in the south, here the dry southern part… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun

meaning for a pupil

A land or region in the south, here the dry southern part of Israel, the Negev. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Joshua and Judges it is the dry southern region where Caleb's daughter Achsah asked for springs of water. Interpretation: Tradition reads her request as wise, since land without water is of little use. Water often stands for blessing and for Torah.

examples

• And she said: 'Give me a blessing; for that thou hast set me in the Southland, give me therefore springs of water.' And he gave her the Upper Springs and the Nether Springs. (Prophets JOS.15.19, JPS 1917) tree →
• And she said unto him: 'Give me a blessing; for that thou hast set me in the Southland, give me therefore springs of water.' And Caleb gave her the Upper Springs and the Nether Springs. (Prophets JDG.1.15, JPS 1917) tree →

note

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

Trees and pragmatics

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