tenor

noun

«tenor» 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

In the Torah it means the exact words or sense of something written or declared, such as the covenant.

Interpretation. God says the covenant is made by the sense of these words, and Jewish tradition says the Written Torah and the teachings of the sages go together.

Meaning

The general meaning or sense of something, or the way it goes. tree →

Examples

And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Write thou these words, for after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with Israel.' (Torah EXO.34.27, JPS 1917) tree →
And thou shalt do according to the tenor of the sentence, which they shall declare unto thee from that place which the LORD shall choose; and thou shalt observe to do according to all that they shall teach thee. (Torah DEU.17.10, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

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

On Mova

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