upheave

verb

«upheave» 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 Nahum, the earth heaves up when God comes, with mountains and hills shaking and melting.

Interpretation. Tradition reads it as a picture of God's power over nature and of His power to judge the wicked.

To lift up or heave violently from below. tree →

The mountains quake at Him, and the hills melt; and the earth is upheaved at His presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein. (Prophets NAM.1.5, JPS 1917) tree →

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