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# ballad

«ballad» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a song or poem that tells a story, often in short verses** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (ballads)

### meaning for a pupil

A ballad is a song or poem that tells a story, often in short verses. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/ballad/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: The word appears in "ballad-mongers", a name for people who make up mocking songs and sayings. Isaiah uses it for scoffers who laugh at God's warnings. In the primary lessons: in tales a poem or song that tells of a hero, a ghost or a love story.

### examples

- Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scoffers, the ballad-mongers of this people which is in Jerusalem: (Prophets ISA.28.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/ballad/#x1)
- The old man sang a ballad about a brave knight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/ballad/#x2)
- The story was told in a ballad from long ago. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/ballad/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths.

### In the corpora

- [Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scoffers, the ballad-mongers of this people which is in Jerusalem:](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.574/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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