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# convulsion

«convulsion» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a sudden, violent shaking of the body that you cannot…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (convulsions)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A convulsion is a sudden, violent shaking of the body that you cannot control. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/convulsion/#m1)

2) (informal) «Convulsions of laughter» means fits of laughing that you cannot stop. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/convulsion/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Violent shaking from terror, pain or fear when judgment comes on nations. Interpretation: The prophets use it for the shock of God's judgment on Egypt, Ethiopia and Nineveh. In the primary lessons: in the tales, a fit that shakes a creature or a person; in fun talk, a funny act that throws the room into laughing fits

### examples

- And I will set a fire in Egypt; Sin shall be in great convulsion, and No shall be rent asunder; and in Noph shall come adversaries in the day-time. (Prophets EZK.30.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/convulsion/#x1)
- She is empty, and void, and waste; and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and convulsion is in all loins, and the faces of them all have gathered blackness. (Prophets NAM.2.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/convulsion/#x2)
- And a sword shall come upon Egypt, and convulsion shall be in Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt; and they shall take away her abundance, and her foundation shall be broken down. (Prophets EZK.30.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/convulsion/#x3)
- The snake trembled in violent convulsions. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/convulsion/#x4)
- The doctor said the boy had convulsions. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/convulsion/#x5)
- The clown threw the whole hall into convulsions of laughter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/convulsion/#x6)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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