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# enlightening

«enlightening» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **Giving light or understanding** — 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

adjective

### meaning for a pupil

Giving light or understanding. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/enlightening/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It means giving light to the eyes, so that a person can see the right way. The commandment of the LORD is said to do this. Interpretation: The tradition says the Torah is a lamp, giving light to the mind and heart. The commandments help a person see how to live.

### examples

- The precepts of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes. (Writings PSA.19.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/enlightening/#x1)

### note

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

### In the corpora

- [The precepts of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.273/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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