harbinger
noun
In Jewish tradition
A herald of good news for Zion, announcing that God will return and rule.
Interpretation. Tradition reads this as the promise of redemption and the coming of a messenger of peace, and the verse is sung in Jewish prayer.
Meaning
A person who goes ahead to announce what is coming. tree →
Examples
- A harbinger unto Zion will I give: 'Behold, behold them', and to Jerusalem a messenger of good tidings. (Prophets ISA.41.27, JPS 1917) tree →
- How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of the messenger of good tidings, that announceth peace, the harbinger of good tidings, that announceth salvation; that saith unto Zion: 'Thy God reigneth!' (Prophets ISA.52.7, JPS 1917) tree →
Note
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