wondrous
part of speech
adjective (wondrous)
meaning for a pupil
(literary) Amazing and wonderful; causing wonder. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: The psalms use it for God's amazing works, such as those at the Red Sea. Interpretation: In Sefer Yetzirah the "wondrous ways of wisdom" are the thirty-two paths of creation, the ten numbers and twenty-two letters. The psalms' wondrous works are read as God's miracles for Israel. In the primary lessons: A story and poetry word, used in fairy tales, hymns and old books: «wondrous sights», «a wondrous story». Alice's Wonderland is full of wondrous creatures. In the Bible and hymns, God's «wondrous works» are praised. In science, nature's wondrous patterns (snowflakes, rainbows) can be explained and still amaze.
examples
- Midrash Tanchuma 1:5 on [Genesis 1:1], Zohar 1:3a inter alia.] [note 8: Though the phrase is usually translated the ‘Thirty-Two Paths’, I find that the alliteration of ‘Wondrous Ways of Wisdom’ neatly approximates the SY’s choice of poetic vocabulary. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) tree →
- For Thou art great, and doest wondrous things; Thou art God alone. (Writings PSA.86.10, JPS 1917) tree →
- For all this they sinned still, and believed not in His wondrous works. (Writings PSA.78.32, JPS 1917) tree →
- Wondrous works in the land of Ham, terrible things by the Red Sea. (Writings PSA.106.22, JPS 1917) tree →
- They saw wondrous sights in the deep sea. tree →
- Alice had a wondrous dream. tree →
- The hymn praised God's wondrous works. tree →
- A wondrous rainbow stretched across the sky. tree →
- The museum is full of wondrous things. tree →
- Every snowflake is a wondrous pattern. tree →
- Every one was astounded at this wondrous manifestation, and the Tartar said: tree →
note
Adjective, literary. Spelling: wondr-ous (no e). In everyday speech say «wonderful» or «amazing».
In the corpora
- That I may make the voice of thanksgiving to be heard, and tell of all Thy wondrous works.
- Blessed be the LORD; for He hath shown me His wondrous lovingkindness in an entrenched city.
- O God, Thou hast taught me from my youth; and until now do I declare Thy wondrous works.
- Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things;
- And they forgot His doings, and His wondrous works that He had shown them.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «wondrous» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.