tortuous

adjective

«tortuous» 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

Describes the leviathan, a great sea serpent, in Isaiah's picture of God's final victory over evil powers.

Interpretation. Tradition reads the leviathan as a symbol of the great powers hostile to Israel, or as a creature kept for the righteous in the world to come. God's sword punishes it at the end of days.

Meaning

Twisting, winding, full of turns and bends. tree →

Examples

In that day the LORD with His sore and great and strong sword will punish leviathan the slant serpent, and leviathan the tortuous serpent; and He will slay the dragon that is in the sea. (Prophets ISA.27.1, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

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On Mova

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