wandering

«wandering» in Mova's judaism dictionary: a journey taken from place to place with no fixed aim — 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

noun (wanderings); adjective (a wandering knight)

meaning for a pupil

1) A wandering is a journey taken from place to place with no fixed aim. tree →

2) Wandering means moving from place to place with no fixed home. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It means going from place to place without a home. It can mean being lost, like Joseph looking for his brothers, or a life of exile. Ecclesiastes also uses it for the mind's restless desire. Interpretation: The tradition ties wandering to Abraham, to the desert years and to the exile of the Jewish people. In the primary lessons: a long journey from place to place, often in tales; a wandering person has no home

examples

• And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field. (Torah GEN.37.15, JPS 1917) tree →
• As the wandering sparrow, as the flying swallow, so the curse that is causeless shall come home. (Writings PRO.26.2, JPS 1917) tree →
• Thou has counted my wanderings; put Thou my tears into Thy bottle; are they not in Thy book? (Writings PSA.56.9, JPS 1917) tree →
• Better is the seeing of the eyes than the wandering of the desire; this also is vanity and a striving after wind. (Writings ECC.6.9, JPS 1917) tree →
• After his wanderings, he came home. tree →
• The wandering prince had no fixed home. tree →
• He sat down, tired from his wanderings. tree →

note

nothing for maths

In the corpora

• And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field.
• Thou has counted my wanderings; put Thou my tears into Thy bottle; are they not in Thy book?
• As the wandering sparrow, as the flying swallow, so the curse that is causeless shall come home.
• Better is the seeing of the eyes than the wandering of the desire; this also is vanity and a striving after wind.
• In autumn many house spiders run across the floor because the males are wandering in search of females.

Trees and pragmatics

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