spew
verb
In Jewish tradition
In Jeremiah it describes nations made drunk with the cup of God's anger, so that they vomit and fall.
Interpretation. The prophets' image shows judgment as a cup of wrath that no nation can refuse, and the commentators read the drunkenness as helpless ruin.
Meaning
To throw up food or drink from the stomach; to vomit. tree →
Examples
- And thou shalt say unto them: Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Drink ye, and be drunken, and spew, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you. (Prophets JER.25.27, JPS 1917) tree →
Note
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On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «spew» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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