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# interdict

«interdict» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **An official order that forbids something** — 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

### meaning for a pupil

An official order that forbids something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/interdict/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Daniel it is the king's decree forbidding anyone to pray to anyone but the king for thirty days. Interpretation: Tradition tells how Daniel kept praying to God despite the decree and was thrown into the lions' den, as an example of faithfulness under threat.

### examples

- Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the interdict. (Writings DAN.6.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/interdict/#x1)
- Now, O king, establish the interdict, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.' (Writings DAN.6.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/interdict/#x2)
- Then these men came tumultuously unto the king, and said unto the king: 'Know, O king, that it is a law of the Medes and Persians, that no interdict nor statute which the king establisheth may be changed.' (Writings DAN.6.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/interdict/#x3)

### note

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

### In the corpora

- [Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the interdict.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.186/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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