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# persecutor

«persecutor» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **Someone who treats another person cruelly and unfairly…** — 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 (plural persecutors)

### meaning for a pupil

Someone who treats another person cruelly and unfairly again and again, to hurt or harm them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/persecutor/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: An enemy who chases and hurts the righteous. Interpretation: In Psalms and Jeremiah the faithful ask God to rescue them. The tradition sees them as trusting God for justice. In the primary lessons: in tales the wicked persecutors chase and hurt the hero or the good people

### examples

- Many are my persecutors and mine adversaries; yet have I not turned aside from Thy testimonies. (Writings PSA.119.157, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/persecutor/#x1)
- Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low; deliver me from my persecutors; for they are too strong for me. (Writings PSA.142.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/persecutor/#x2)
- Thou, O LORD, knowest; Remember me, and think of me, and avenge me of my persecutors; take me not away because of Thy long-suffering; know that for Thy sake I have suffered taunts. (Prophets JER.15.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/persecutor/#x3)
- The poor girl ran from her persecutors. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/persecutor/#x4)
- The king's men were the persecutors of the kind old man. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/persecutor/#x5)
- Her persecutor followed her all the way home. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/persecutor/#x6)

### note

nothing for maths.

### In the corpora

- [Many are my persecutors and mine adversaries; yet have I not turned aside from Thy testimonies.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.2322/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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