supplanter

«supplanter» in Mova's judaism dictionary: A person who trips up or pushes aside another to take his… — 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 person who trips up or pushes aside another to take his place, often by trickery. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: The word is linked with Jacob, whose name suggests "heel" and "one who supplants". Here it means enemies who lie in wait. Interpretation: Tradition reads Jacob's name both as a shame and as a sign of a struggle that later turned into the name Israel.

examples

• Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my supplanters compasseth me about, (Writings PSA.49.6, JPS 1917) tree →

note

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

In the corpora

• Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my supplanters compasseth me about,

Trees and pragmatics

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