throng

«throng» in Mova's judaism dictionary: a large crowd of people pressed close together — 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 (throngs); verb (throng, throngs, thronged, thronging)

meaning for a pupil

1) A throng is a large crowd of people pressed close together. tree →

2) To throng is to crowd round or fill a place. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: A crowd going to worship at the Temple. Interpretation: The psalmist remembers going up with pilgrims to the festivals in Jerusalem. In the primary lessons: a crowd gathering at a church, a target or a royal court; people pressing round a person to see or hear

examples

• We took sweet counsel together, in the house of God we walked with the throng. (Writings PSA.55.15, JPS 1917) tree →
• These things I remember, and pour out my soul within me, how I passed on with the throng, and led them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, a multitude keeping holyday. (Writings PSA.42.5, JPS 1917) tree →
• There was such a throng before the church that Trembling could not get in. tree →
• The shooters were thronging round the target. tree →
• The courtiers will throng round the princess. tree →

note

a throng is a crowd, not a set number; count the people if a count is needed

In the corpora

• We took sweet counsel together, in the house of God we walked with the throng.

Trees and pragmatics

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