sunder

In Jewish tradition

Here it often describes God's power, as when He split the Red Sea or broke iron bars.

Interpretation. Tradition sees the splitting of the sea as a great sign of God's mercy and power over nature.

Meaning

To break or split something apart, or to cut it in two. tree →

Examples

• They are joined one to another; they stick together, that they cannot be sundered. (Writings JOB.41.9, JPS 1917) tree →
• To Him who divided the Red Sea in sunder, for His mercy endureth for ever; (Writings PSA.136.13, JPS 1917) tree →
• For He hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder. (Writings PSA.107.16, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

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