wilderness

«wilderness» in Mova's judaism dictionary: a wild area of land that people have not changed, with no… — 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 (a wilderness, wildernesses; the wilderness)

meaning for a pupil

1) A wilderness is a wild area of land that people have not changed, with no towns, farms or roads. tree →

2) (Bible) The wilderness is the desert where, the Bible says, the Israelites wandered for forty years and Jesus fasted for forty days. tree →

3) In the wilderness (idiom): left out, without power or importance for a time. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: The desert where Israel wandered for forty years after leaving Egypt, and where Sinai stands. In the Prophets it is also simply dry, empty land, and a named place, such as the wilderness cities of Judah. Interpretation: The wilderness is read as the place where the Torah was given and the people were shaped, and the book of Numbers is called "In the Wilderness" (Bemidbar). The prophets often look back on the wilderness years as a time of God's close care for Israel. In the primary lessons: In geography and science lessons wildernesses include forests, mountains and deserts where animals live freely; national parks protect them. In religious education, Lent remembers Jesus' forty days in the wilderness. In stories, characters get lost in the wilderness and must survive. Phrases: «in the wilderness», «wilderness area», «a voice crying in the wilderness».

examples

• And from the wilderness to Mattanah; (Torah NUM.21.18, JPS 1917) tree →
• But as for you, your carcasses shall fall in this wilderness. (Torah NUM.14.32, JPS 1917) tree →
• And the LORD spoke unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying: (Torah NUM.3.14, JPS 1917) tree →
• In the wilderness: Beth-arabah, Middin, and Secacah; (Prophets JOS.15.61, JPS 1917) tree →
• The burden of the wilderness of the sea. (Prophets ISA.21.1, JPS 1917) tree →
• and Baalath, and Tadmor in the wilderness, in the land, (Prophets 1KI.9.18, JPS 1917) tree →
• Bears live deep in the Canadian wilderness. tree →
• The explorers crossed the frozen wilderness. tree →
• Moses led the people through the wilderness. tree →
• Jesus spent forty days in the wilderness. tree →
• Our garden became a wilderness when nobody weeded it. tree →
• The team spent years in the wilderness before winning again. tree →
• A wilderness guide taught us to read a compass. tree →
• The way gradually grew thicker of brushwood, as they rode along, till at last it became a trackless wilderness. tree →

note

Countable (plural «wildernesses»), often «the wilderness». Pronunciation: WIL-der-ness (short «i», unlike «wild»). Related: wild.

In the corpora

• and the Horites in their mount Seir, unto El-paran, which is by the wilderness.
• And God was with the lad, and he grew; and he dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.
• And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran; and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.
• And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness.
• And Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel: They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.

Trees and pragmatics

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