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# soothsaying

«soothsaying» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **The act of foretelling what will happen in the future** — 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 (no plural)

### meaning for a pupil

The act of foretelling what will happen in the future. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/soothsaying/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It is forbidden along with divination in the laws of holiness. Interpretation: Tradition teaches that Israel should not use omens, and should trust God and act rightly. In the primary lessons: in tales, the magic practice of telling the future

### examples

- Ye shall not eat with the blood; neither shall ye practise divination nor soothsaying. (Torah LEV.19.26, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/soothsaying/#x1)
- Are you in need of soothsaying? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/soothsaying/#x2)
- The old woman earned money by soothsaying. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/soothsaying/#x3)
- Fortune-telling is a kind of soothsaying. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/soothsaying/#x4)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [Ye shall not eat with the blood; neither shall ye practise divination nor soothsaying.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.568/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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