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# semblance

«semblance» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **A mere outward look or likeness, without real substance** — 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 mere outward look or likeness, without real substance. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/semblance/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Psalms it means a shadow or image, as of people who pass away like a dream. Interpretation: Tradition reads it as saying human life and wealth are fleeting, and God will wake and dismiss the wicked as a vanished dream.

### examples

- As a dream when one awaketh, so, O Lord, when Thou arousest Thyself, Thou wilt despise their semblance. (Writings PSA.73.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/semblance/#x1)
- Surely man walketh as a mere semblance; surely for vanity they are in turmoil; he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them. (Writings PSA.39.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/semblance/#x2)

### note

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

### In the corpora

- [As a dream when one awaketh, so, O Lord, when Thou arousest Thyself, Thou wilt despise their semblance.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1240/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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