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spurn

verb

«spurn» 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

Proverbs tells a son not to reject God's correction.

Interpretation. Tradition reads God's rebuke as like a father's discipline: it comes out of love and is meant to teach.

Meaning

To refuse or push away something with scorn. tree →

Examples

  • My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD, neither spurn thou His correction; (Writings PRO.3.11, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

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

On Mova

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