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# cognizance

«cognizance» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **Awareness or notice of something** — 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

### meaning for a pupil

Awareness or notice of something. To "take cognizance" is to notice it and pay attention. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cognizance/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Exodus, God "took cognizance" of Israel's suffering. The tradition reads this as God hearing the cry of the slaves and remembering his covenant, which begins the redemption.

### examples

- And God saw the children of Israel, and God took cognizance of them. (Torah EXO.2.25, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cognizance/#x1)
- I will be glad and rejoice in Thy lovingkindness; for Thou hast seen mine affliction, Thou hast taken cognizance of the troubles of my soul, (Writings PSA.31.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cognizance/#x2)
- Then she fell on her face, and bowed down to the ground, and said unto him: 'Why have I found favour in thy sight, that thou shouldest take cognizance of me, seeing I am a foreigner?' (Writings RUT.2.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cognizance/#x3)

### note

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

### In the corpora

- [And God saw the children of Israel, and God took cognizance of them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.52/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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