rapine

noun

«rapine» in the English dictionary: in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

In Jewish tradition

It means violent robbery. Nahum uses it for the guilt of Nineveh, a city full of lies and plunder.

Interpretation. The prophet says that violence and lies bring a city down. The tradition reads Nineveh's fall as a lesson that God judges cruel empires.

Meaning

Taking things by force, robbery or plunder. tree →

Examples

It is all full of lies and rapine; the prey departeth not. (Prophets NAM.3.1, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

On Mova

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