throes

«throes» in Mova's judaism dictionary: Sharp, violent pains, like the pains of a woman giving… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun

meaning for a pupil

Sharp, violent pains, like the pains of a woman giving birth, or great struggle and agony. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Hosea and Isaiah, "throes" are the labor pains of childbirth, used as a picture of sudden terror and pain. Interpretation: The prophets use birth pains to show how suddenly and unavoidably judgment comes. Tradition also reads such pains as leading toward something new, as in the "birth pangs" before a time of redemption.

examples

• The throes of a travailing woman shall come upon him; he is an unwise son; for it is time he should not tarry in the place of the breaking forth of children. (Prophets HOS.13.13, JPS 1917) tree →
• And they shall be affrighted; pangs and throes shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman in travail; they shall look aghast one at another; their faces shall be faces of flame. (Prophets ISA.13.8, JPS 1917) tree →

note

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Trees and pragmatics

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