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# admonish

«admonish» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **To warn or scold someone gently, to tell them firmly that…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (admonish, admonishes, admonished, admonishing)

### meaning for a pupil

To warn or scold someone gently, to tell them firmly that they should behave better. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/admonish/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: To warn people with God's authority, often by prophets, to turn back from wrong. Interpretation: Tradition sees prophets as God's messengers who warn the people to repent before punishment. In the primary lessons: a parent or wise person warns a child or a king about wrong behaviour, or about a danger ahead.

### examples

- Now therefore, O ye kings, be wise; be admonished, ye judges of the earth. (Writings PSA.2.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/admonish/#x1)
- Hear, O My people, and I will admonish thee: O Israel, if thou wouldest hearken unto Me! (Writings PSA.81.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/admonish/#x2)
- Yet He sent prophets to them, to bring them back unto the LORD; and they admonished them, but they would not give ear. (Writings 2CH.24.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/admonish/#x3)
- «Quiet,» their mother admonished them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/admonish/#x4)
- The wise man admonished the king to be fair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/admonish/#x5)
- I was admonished for being late. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/admonish/#x6)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [Now therefore, O ye kings, be wise; be admonished, ye judges of the earth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.16/)
- [Hear, O My people, and I will admonish thee: O Israel, if thou wouldest hearken unto Me!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1446/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «admonish» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/admonish/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.