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tumultuous

adjective

«tumultuous» 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 a busy, noisy city, or in the Psalms a pit of roaring danger from which God lifts the speaker.

Interpretation. Isaiah warns Jerusalem that her noisy pleasure will not save her. In the Psalm, the tumultuous pit stands for deep trouble from which God rescues.

Meaning

Noisy, loud and wild, full of uproar. tree →

Examples

  • Thou that art full of uproar, a tumultuous city, a joyous town? (Prophets ISA.22.2, JPS 1917) tree →
  • He brought me up also out of the tumultuous pit, out of the miry clay; and He set my feet upon a rock, He established my goings. (Writings PSA.40.3, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

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

On Mova

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