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# mocker

«mocker» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **A person who makes fun of others in an unkind way; a scoffer** — 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

noun

### meaning for a pupil

A person who makes fun of others in an unkind way; a scoffer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mocker/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Job and Proverbs, a mocker is someone who makes fun of people and of what is right and holy. Interpretation: Tradition treats scoffing as a serious fault. Mockers are said to be far from wisdom and from God.

### examples

- Surely there are mockers with me, and mine eye abideth in their provocation. (Writings JOB.17.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mocker/#x1)

### note

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

### In the corpora

- [Wine is a mocker, strong drink is riotous; and whosoever reeleth thereby is not wise.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.559/)
- [Surely there are mockers with me, and mine eye abideth in their provocation.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.428/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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