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# suppliant

«suppliant» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **A person who humbly begs or prays for help** — 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 humbly begs or prays for help. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/suppliant/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: The prophets use it for those who pray to God in humility, even from far lands. Interpretation: Tradition reads Zephaniah's words as a hope that the scattered will return and pray to God.

### examples

- From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia shall they bring My suppliants, even the daughter of My dispersed, as Mine offering. (Prophets ZEP.3.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/suppliant/#x1)
- Hark! upon the high hills is heard the suppliant weeping of the children of Israel; for that they have perverted their way, they have forgotten the LORD their God. (Prophets JER.3.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/suppliant/#x2)

### note

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

### In the corpora

- [From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia shall they bring My suppliants, even the daughter of My dispersed, as Mine offering.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ZEP.44/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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