winnowing
noun
In Jewish tradition
Isaiah calls Israel God's threshing and winnowing, a people beaten and sifted by suffering.
Interpretation. Tradition reads it as a picture of Israel's trials, after which a pure people remains.
Meaning
The act of tossing grain in the wind to blow the husks away. tree →
Examples
- O thou my threshing, and the winnowing of my floor, that which I have heard from the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto you. (Prophets ISA.21.10, JPS 1917) tree →
Note
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