wittingly

«wittingly» in Mova's judaism dictionary: doing — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adverb

meaning for a pupil

On purpose, knowing what one is doing. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Jacob crossed his hands on purpose when blessing Ephraim and Manasseh. Interpretation: Tradition reads this as Jacob knowing exactly what he was doing, giving the greater blessing to the younger son by prophetic insight.

examples

• And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh's head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the first-born. (Torah GEN.48.14, JPS 1917) tree →

note

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Trees and pragmatics

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