wandering
noun (wanderings); adjective (a wandering knight)
Everyday
- A wandering is a journey taken from place to place with no fixed aim. tree →
- Wandering means moving from place to place with no fixed home. tree →
In the lessons
a long journey from place to place, often in tales; a wandering person has no home
Examples
- After his wanderings, he came home. tree →
- The wandering prince had no fixed home. tree →
- He sat down, tired from his wanderings. tree →
Note
nothing for maths
In Jewish tradition
It means going from place to place without a home. It can mean being lost, like Joseph looking for his brothers, or a life of exile. Ecclesiastes also uses it for the mind's restless desire.
Interpretation. The tradition ties wandering to Abraham, to the desert years and to the exile of the Jewish people.
Examples
- And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field. (Torah GEN.37.15, JPS 1917) tree →
- As the wandering sparrow, as the flying swallow, so the curse that is causeless shall come home. (Writings PRO.26.2, JPS 1917) tree →
- Thou has counted my wanderings; put Thou my tears into Thy bottle; are they not in Thy book? (Writings PSA.56.9, JPS 1917) tree →
- Better is the seeing of the eyes than the wandering of the desire; this also is vanity and a striving after wind. (Writings ECC.6.9, JPS 1917) tree →
Note
nothing for maths
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «wandering» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «wandering» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
- Trees and pragmatics of «wandering» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «wandering» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.
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