tottering

«tottering» in Mova's judaism dictionary: unsteady and about to fall, moving or standing on weak or… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (also the -ing form of totter)

meaning for a pupil

Tottering means unsteady and about to fall, moving or standing on weak or shaky legs. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Describes shaky knees and a weak fence or wall, standing for the weak, the frightened, or those about to fall. Interpretation: Isaiah's call to "make firm the tottering knees" is read as a call to comfort the people and give them courage before the redemption. In the primary lessons: in stories, a tottering person goes slowly and carefully, as if they might fall at any moment

examples

• Strengthen ye the weak hands, and make firm the tottering knees. (Prophets ISA.35.3, JPS 1917) tree →
• And, behold, a hand touched me, which set me tottering upon my knees and upon the palms of my hands. (Writings DAN.10.10, JPS 1917) tree →
• How long will ye set upon a man, that ye may slay him, all of you, as a leaning wall, a tottering fence? (Writings PSA.62.4, JPS 1917) tree →
• She went tottering to her room. tree →
• The tottering nurse was helped by a girl. tree →
• The king came tottering down from the throne. tree →
• A tottering tower of blocks fell over. tree →

note

nothing for maths; it describes how steady something is and gives no amount.

In the corpora

• Strengthen ye the weak hands, and make firm the tottering knees.
• And, behold, a hand touched me, which set me tottering upon my knees and upon the palms of my hands.

Trees and pragmatics

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