winnowing

«winnowing» in Mova's judaism dictionary: The act of tossing grain in the wind to blow the husks away — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun

meaning for a pupil

The act of tossing grain in the wind to blow the husks away. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Isaiah calls Israel God's threshing and winnowing, a people beaten and sifted by suffering. Interpretation: Tradition reads it as a picture of Israel's trials, after which a pure people remains.

examples

• O thou my threshing, and the winnowing of my floor, that which I have heard from the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto you. (Prophets ISA.21.10, JPS 1917) tree →

note

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Trees and pragmatics

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