thrum

«thrum» in Mova's judaism dictionary: To strum or pluck a stringed instrument, playing it in a… — 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

verb

meaning for a pupil

To strum or pluck a stringed instrument, playing it in a rough or idle way. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Amos, it describes wealthy people who strum on the harp (psaltery) while ignoring the troubles of their people. Interpretation: Commentators read Amos as rebuking people who enjoy music and comfort and do not care about the nation's suffering or about justice.

examples

• That thrum on the psaltery, that devise for themselves instruments of music, like David; (Prophets AMO.6.5, JPS 1917) tree →

note

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

In the corpora

• That thrum on the psaltery, that devise for themselves instruments of music, like David;

Trees and pragmatics

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