woe

«woe» in Mova's judaism dictionary: Great sadness or trouble — 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 (woes)

meaning for a pupil

Great sadness or trouble. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It is a cry of sorrow in an ancient song about the fall of Moab. The prophets use "Woe" to warn people or leaders who do wrong, and also as a cry of personal pain. Interpretation: Tradition reads the prophets' woes as warnings meant to make people turn back to God, not only as threats. In the primary lessons: In tales «woe» is the sorrow that follows bad luck or a sad event.

examples

• Woe to thee, Moab! thou art undone, O people of Chemosh; he hath given his sons as fugitives, and his daughters into captivity, unto Sihon king of the Amorites. (Torah NUM.21.29, JPS 1917) tree →
• Woe is me for my hurt! (Prophets JER.10.19, JPS 1917) tree →
• Woe to the worthless shepherd that leaveth the flock! (Prophets ZEC.11.17, JPS 1917) tree →
• Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! (Prophets AMO.5.18, JPS 1917) tree →
• It was a scene of woe. tree →
• She told him all her woes. tree →
• Woe came upon the village after the storm. tree →

note

nothing for maths

In the corpora

• Woe unto their soul! for they have wrought evil unto themselves.
• Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him; for the work of his hands shall be done to him.
• Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope,
• Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
• Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink;

Trees and pragmatics

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