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# byword

«byword» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **A saying or name that people use as a short example of…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun

### meaning for a pupil

A saying or name that people use as a short example of something, often an example of something bad. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/byword/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Deuteronomy it is part of a warning that, if Israel breaks the covenant, other nations will mock them and use their name as a joke. Interpretation: The tradition reads this as one of the curses of the rebuke. The rabbis also say that Israel's fate is bound up with how it keeps the covenant.

### examples

- And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all the peoples whither the LORD shall lead thee away. (Torah DEU.28.37, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/byword/#x1)
- I made sackcloth also my garment, and I became a byword unto them. (Writings PSA.69.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/byword/#x2)
- And now I am become their song, yea, I am a byword unto them. (Writings JOB.30.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/byword/#x3)
- Thou makest us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples. (Writings PSA.44.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/byword/#x4)

### note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

### In the corpora

- [Thou makest us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.725/)
- [I made sackcloth also my garment, and I became a byword unto them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1139/)
- [He hath made me also a byword of the people; and I am become one in whose face they spit.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.432/)
- [And now I am become their song, yea, I am a byword unto them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.757/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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