suppliant

«suppliant» in Mova's judaism dictionary: A person who humbly begs or prays for help — 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 humbly begs or prays for help. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: The prophets use it for those who pray to God in humility, even from far lands. Interpretation: Tradition reads Zephaniah's words as a hope that the scattered will return and pray to God.

examples

• From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia shall they bring My suppliants, even the daughter of My dispersed, as Mine offering. (Prophets ZEP.3.10, JPS 1917) tree →
• Hark! upon the high hills is heard the suppliant weeping of the children of Israel; for that they have perverted their way, they have forgotten the LORD their God. (Prophets JER.3.21, JPS 1917) tree →

note

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

In the corpora

• From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia shall they bring My suppliants, even the daughter of My dispersed, as Mine offering.

Trees and pragmatics

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