throes

noun

«throes» 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 Hosea and Isaiah, "throes" are the labor pains of childbirth, used as a picture of sudden terror and pain.

Interpretation. The prophets use birth pains to show how suddenly and unavoidably judgment comes. Tradition also reads such pains as leading toward something new, as in the "birth pangs" before a time of redemption.

Meaning

Sharp, violent pains, like the pains of a woman giving birth, or great struggle and agony. tree →

Examples

The throes of a travailing woman shall come upon him; he is an unwise son; for it is time he should not tarry in the place of the breaking forth of children. (Prophets HOS.13.13, JPS 1917) tree →
And they shall be affrighted; pangs and throes shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman in travail; they shall look aghast one at another; their faces shall be faces of flame. (Prophets ISA.13.8, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

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