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# forethought

«forethought» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **Careful thinking about what will happen later, and…** — 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 (no plural)

### meaning for a pupil

Careful thinking about what will happen later, and planning for it in advance. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/forethought/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Here it means wise, careful planning, the way a sensible person acts. Interpretation: Proverbs praises the prudent person who thinks ahead, in contrast to the fool. In the primary lessons: in tales a wise person's forethought means storing grain or preparing before trouble comes.

### examples

- Every prudent man dealeth with forethought; but a fool unfoldeth folly. (Writings PRO.13.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/forethought/#x1)
- With forethought we packed warm clothes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/forethought/#x2)
- Her forethought saved the crops in the hard winter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/forethought/#x3)
- It took no forethought to leave your coat at home. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/forethought/#x4)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [Every prudent man dealeth with forethought; but a fool unfoldeth folly.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.365/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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