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# searching

«searching» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **The act of looking into something carefully, here of the…** — 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

The act of looking into something carefully, here of the heart. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/searching/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Judges, the "great searchings of heart" are the deep thoughts and doubts of Reuben's tribe, who did not join the battle. Interpretation: Tradition reads it as a rebuke to those who debate but do not act when the nation needs them.

### examples

- At the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart. (Prophets JDG.5.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/searching/#x1)

### note

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

### In the corpora

- [At the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.138/)
- [His discernment is past searching out.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.869/)
- [The spirit of man is the lamp of the LORD, searching all the inward parts.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.585/)
- [Job hunting means searching adverts and sending applications, often dozens before getting anywhere; many get no reply at all.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/3-finding-a-job-and-getting-on/5/)
- [A wild animal spends most of its day busy: searching for food, digging, climbing, sniffing and chasing.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/112-training-and-enrichment/0/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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