tumult
part of speech
noun (tumults)
meaning for a pupil
A tumult is a loud, noisy, confused disturbance, with shouting and people rushing about. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: A loud roaring noise or uproar of crowds, armies or nations. It can also mean rising turmoil. Interpretation: The prophets use it for armies gathering, and the psalmist uses it for nations in turmoil, which God calms with His voice. In the primary lessons: a noisy crowd or uproar in a hall, a court or a town; in stories the noise of a crowd is called a tumult; in lessons it describes a scene of noisy confusion
examples
- Hark, a tumult in the mountains, like as of a great people! (Prophets ISA.13.4, JPS 1917) tree →
- Nations were in tumult, kingdoms were moved; He uttered His voice, the earth melted. (Writings PSA.46.7, JPS 1917) tree →
- He scorneth the tumult of the city, neither heareth he the shoutings of the driver. (Writings JOB.39.7, JPS 1917) tree →
- The playground was in tumult when the bell rang. tree →
- The banqueting hall was in tumult. tree →
- Amid the tumult, nobody heard the bugle call. tree →
note
nothing for maths
In the corpora
- Hark, a tumult in the mountains, like as of a great people!
- At the noise of the tumult the peoples are fled; at the lifting up of Thyself the nations are scattered.
- Nations were in tumult, kingdoms were moved; He uttered His voice, the earth melted.
- Hide me from the council of evil-doers; from the tumult of the workers of iniquity;
- Who stillest the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, and the tumult of the peoples;
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «tumult» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.