tremble

«tremble» in Mova's judaism dictionary: to shake slightly and without wanting to, because you are… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (tremble, trembles, trembled, trembling); noun (a tremble)

meaning for a pupil

1) To tremble is to shake slightly and without wanting to, because you are cold, afraid, excited or weak. tree →

2) When things tremble, they shake a little, like leaves in the wind or the ground in a small earthquake. tree →

3) A tremble is a small shaking movement. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories it shows strong feelings: «her voice trembled» tells the reader she was scared or upset. In science, the ground trembles in an earthquake. Phrases: «tremble with fear», «tremble with cold», «a trembling voice», «hands trembling».

examples

• The peoples have heard, they tremble; pangs have taken hold on the inhabitants of Philistia. (Torah EXO.15.14, JPS 1917) tree →
• Then were the chiefs of Edom affrighted; the mighty men of Moab, trembling taketh hold upon them; all the inhabitants of Canaan are melted away. (Torah EXO.15.15, JPS 1917) tree →
• And all the people perceived the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the voice of the horn, and the mountain smoking; and when the people saw it, they trembled, and stood afar off. (Torah EXO.20.18, JPS 1917) tree →
• Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling. (Writings PSA.2.11, JPS 1917) tree →
• The shades tremble beneath the waters and the inhabitants thereof. (Writings JOB.26.5, JPS 1917) tree →
• The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at His rebuke. (Writings JOB.26.11, JPS 1917) tree →
• My hands trembled before I went on stage. tree →
• The puppy trembled in the cold rain. tree →
• The ground trembled when the train went past. tree →
• Her voice trembled as she said sorry. tree →
• The leaves trembled in the breeze. tree →
• He trembled with excitement as he opened the present. tree →
• There was a tremble in his voice. tree →
• Anastasia trembled, and burst into tears. tree →

note

Regular verb: trembled, trembling. Similar words: shake, shiver (from cold), quiver. Tremble is usually small shaking, not big movements.

In the corpora

• The peoples have heard, they tremble; pangs have taken hold on the inhabitants of Philistia.
• And the elders of the city came to meet him trembling, and said: 'Comest thou peaceably?'
• And when Saul saw the host of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart trembled greatly.
• Then the earth did shake and quake, the foundations of heaven did tremble; they were shaken, because He was wroth.
• They are gone over the pass; they have taken up their lodging at Geba; Ramah trembleth; Gibeath-shaul is fled.

Trees and pragmatics

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