tormentor

noun (plural tormentors)

«tormentor» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

A tormentor is a person who causes pain, fear or trouble to someone, often on purpose and over and over. tree →

In the lessons

in stories, the tormentors are the cruel people who hurt or taunt a helpless prisoner or victim

Examples

The boy turned to his tormentors and begged them to stop. tree →
The bully was the tormentor of the smaller children. tree →
His tormentors laughed as he fell. tree →
The cat was a tormentor to the mice. tree →

Note

nothing for maths; it names people, and counting tormentors is simple counting.

In Jewish tradition

In Psalm 137 the tormentors are the Babylonian captors who mocked the exiles and made them sing for fun.

Interpretation. Tradition reads this psalm as the grief of exiled Israel by Babylon's rivers. It teaches that a people in mourning cannot sing joyfully for those who hurt them, and that Zion must never be forgotten.

Examples

For there they that led us captive asked of us words of song, and our tormentors asked of us mirth: 'Sing us one of the songs of Zion.' (Writings PSA.137.3, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

nothing for maths; it names people, and counting tormentors is simple counting.

On Mova

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Trees and pragmatics of «tormentor» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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