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# obeisance

«obeisance» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **A low bow or other sign of respect to someone important** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (obeisances)

### meaning for a pupil

(formal, old use) A low bow or other sign of respect to someone important. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/obeisance/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Torah, people bow low to show respect to a ruler or elder, as Joseph's brothers do, not worship. Interpretation: Tradition sees the brothers' bowing as the fulfillment of Joseph's early dreams. In the primary lessons: a servant or visitor bows to a king or lord

### examples

- And they said: 'Thy servant our father is well, he is yet alive.' And they bowed the head, and made obeisance. (Torah GEN.43.28, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/obeisance/#x1)
- He made a low obeisance to the queen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/obeisance/#x2)
- The old man gave an obeisance. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/obeisance/#x3)
- Everyone paid obeisance to the king. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/obeisance/#x4)

### note

nothing for maths.

### Trees and pragmatics

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