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# scoffer

«scoffer» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **A person who mocks or makes fun of others and of serious…** — 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

A person who mocks or makes fun of others and of serious things. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/scoffer/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Isaiah the scoffers are the leaders in Jerusalem who mock the prophet's warning. Interpretation: Tradition reads Isaiah's words as a warning that mockery of God's message leads to disaster.

### examples

- Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scoffers, the ballad-mongers of this people which is in Jerusalem: (Prophets ISA.28.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/scoffer/#x1)
- Now therefore be ye not scoffers, lest your bands be made strong; for an extermination wholly determined have I heard from the Lord, the GOD of hosts, upon the whole land. (Prophets ISA.28.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/scoffer/#x2)

### note

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

### In the corpora

- [Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scoffers, the ballad-mongers of this people which is in Jerusalem:](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.574/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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