searching
noun
In Jewish tradition
In Judges, the "great searchings of heart" are the deep thoughts and doubts of Reuben's tribe, who did not join the battle.
Interpretation. Tradition reads it as a rebuke to those who debate but do not act when the nation needs them.
Meaning
The act of looking into something carefully, here of the heart. tree →
Examples
- At the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart. (Prophets JDG.5.16, JPS 1917) tree →
Note
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On Mova
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