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# intercession

«intercession» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **The act of speaking up for someone to save them from harm…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (plural intercessions)

### meaning for a pupil

The act of speaking up for someone to save them from harm or punishment. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/intercession/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It means pleading to God for others. In Jeremiah, God forbids the prophet to plead for the people because their guilt is too great. Interpretation: Tradition notes that Moses and other prophets often pleaded for Israel, so this ban shows how serious the people's sins had become. In the primary lessons: in tales a wife's plea, or a helper's request, that saves a person from being killed or punished

### examples

- Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to Me; for I will not hear thee. (Prophets JER.7.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/intercession/#x1)
- Through his wife's intercession, the sultan spared the man's life. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/intercession/#x2)
- The prisoner was freed by the queen's intercession. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/intercession/#x3)
- We did not get the prize, but the teacher's intercession helped. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/intercession/#x4)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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