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# gnash

«gnash» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **to grind the teeth together hard, often in anger or pain** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (gnash, gnashes, gnashed, gnashing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To gnash is to grind the teeth together hard, often in anger or pain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gnash/#m1)

2) (in fairy tales) To gnash the teeth is to show rage or fear by clenching and grinding them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gnash/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: To grind the teeth in anger or hatred. In the Psalms and Job it is something enemies do to the speaker. Interpretation: The tradition reads the gnashing as the fury of the wicked toward the righteous. It is a sign of their power that will pass. In the primary lessons: a sign of rage or fear in a story; a villain or monster gnashes its teeth when it is angry or cheated

### examples

- With the profanest mockeries of backbiting they gnash at me with their teeth. (Writings PSA.35.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gnash/#x1)
- The wicked shall see it, and be vexed; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away; the desire of the wicked shall perish. (Writings PSA.112.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gnash/#x2)
- He hath torn me in His wrath, and hated me; He hath gnashed upon me with His teeth; mine adversary sharpeneth his eyes upon me. (Writings JOB.16.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gnash/#x3)
- The witch began gnashing her teeth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gnash/#x4)
- The wolf gnashed his teeth in fury. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gnash/#x5)
- When she saw the trap, the giant gnashed his teeth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gnash/#x6)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [With the profanest mockeries of backbiting they gnash at me with their teeth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.545/)
- [The wicked plotteth against the righteous, and gnasheth at him with his teeth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.585/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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