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# sweeping

«sweeping» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **the dirt, dust and bits of rubbish gathered up by a broom** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (sweepings, plural); adjective (sweeping, more sweeping)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Sweepings are the dirt, dust and bits of rubbish gathered up by a broom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sweeping/#m1)

2) Sweeping means large or wide-reaching, as in «sweeping changes». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sweeping/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: The prophets use it for storms of God's anger that sweep away the wicked. Interpretation: Tradition reads such storms as God's judgment on wrongdoing. In the primary lessons: in stories, sweepings are the rubbish swept into a corner or thrown out; the adjective means very large in reach

### examples

- A poor man that oppresseth the weak is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food. (Writings PRO.28.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sweeping/#x1)
- As whirlwinds in the South sweeping on, it cometh from the wilderness, from a dreadful land. (Prophets ISA.21.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sweeping/#x2)
- Behold, a storm of the LORD is gone forth in fury, a sweeping storm; it shall whirl upon the head of the wicked. (Prophets JER.30.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sweeping/#x3)
- The sweepings were piled by the door. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sweeping/#x4)
- She threw the sweepings into the bin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sweeping/#x5)
- Something round lay among the sweepings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sweeping/#x6)
- The king made sweeping changes to the law. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sweeping/#x7)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [As whirlwinds in the South sweeping on, it cometh from the wilderness, from a dreadful land.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.417/)
- [A poor man that oppresseth the weak is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.807/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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