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# oppressor

«oppressor» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **A person who treats others cruelly and unfairly and uses…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun

### meaning for a pupil

A person who treats others cruelly and unfairly and uses power to keep them down. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/oppressor/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: The Tanakh often says God hears the cry of the poor and saves them from their oppressors, as He saved Israel from Egypt. Interpretation: Tradition teaches that God is the defender of the weak and that people must not oppress the stranger, the widow or the orphan, remembering they were slaves in Egypt.

### examples

- And where is the fury of the oppressor? (Prophets ISA.51.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/oppressor/#x1)
- I have done justice and righteousness; leave me not to mine oppressors. (Writings PSA.119.121, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/oppressor/#x2)
- or: 'Deliver me from the adversary's hand'? or: 'Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors'? (Writings JOB.6.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/oppressor/#x3)

### note

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

### In the corpora

- [And where is the fury of the oppressor?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1145/)
- [May he judge the poor of the people, and save the children of the needy, and crush the oppressor.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1200/)
- [I have done justice and righteousness; leave me not to mine oppressors.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.2286/)
- [Our soul is full sated with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud oppressors.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.2373/)
- [The prince that lacketh understanding is also a great oppressor; but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.820/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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