tribulation
part of speech
noun
meaning for a pupil
Great trouble, suffering or hardship. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Hard times that come to a person. In Job it can also teach and open a person's ear, and David asks God to save him from all of it. Interpretation: Tradition teaches that suffering may be a lesson and that God can rescue from distress. David's prayer shows trust in God's saving help.
examples
- He delivereth the afflicted by His affliction, and openeth their ear by tribulation. (Writings JOB.36.15, JPS 1917) tree →
- And, behold, as thy life was much set by this day in mine eyes, so let my life be much set by in the eyes of the LORD, and let Him deliver me out of all tribulation.' (Prophets 1SA.26.24, JPS 1917) tree →
note
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In the corpora
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «tribulation» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.