vaunt

«vaunt» in Mova's judaism dictionary: To boast or brag proudly about something — 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 boast or brag proudly about something. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: God sends Gideon's army home so that Israel cannot boast that they won by their own strength. Interpretation: Commentators say God reduced the army to 300 men to show that victory comes from Him.

examples

• And the LORD said unto Gideon: 'The people that are with thee are too many for Me to give the Midianites into their hand, lest Israel vaunt themselves against Me, saying: mine own hand hath saved me. (Prophets JDG.7.2, JPS 1917) tree →

note

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

In the corpora

• For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and the covetous vaunteth himself, though he contemn the LORD.

Trees and pragmatics

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