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# totter

«totter» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **to walk or stand unsteadily, as if about to fall over…** — 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

verb (totters, tottered, tottering)

### meaning for a pupil

To totter is to walk or stand unsteadily, as if about to fall over, because you are weak, old or tired. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/totter/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Describes weak, shaking knees or loins, from fasting, fear or drunkenness; it also describes leaders who stumble in judgment. Interpretation: The psalms use it for the suffering of the righteous, and the prophet Isaiah uses it to blame priests and prophets who ought to guide the people but are drunk. In the primary lessons: in stories, a weak or shocked person totters, moving on shaky legs and almost falling

### examples

- My knees totter through fasting; and my flesh is lean, and hath no fatness. (Writings PSA.109.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/totter/#x1)
- Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to totter. (Writings PSA.69.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/totter/#x2)
- But these also reel through wine, and stagger through strong drink; the priest and the prophet reel through strong drink, they are confused because of wine, they stagger because of strong drink; they reel in vision, they totter in judgment. (Prophets ISA.28.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/totter/#x3)
- The old man began to totter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/totter/#x4)
- The baby tottered across the room on wobbly legs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/totter/#x5)
- The tired dancers tottered at the end. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/totter/#x6)
- He tottered down the stairs after the shock. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/totter/#x7)

### note

nothing for maths; it describes a way of moving and gives no number.

### In the corpora

- [The earth is broken, broken down, the earth is crumbled in pieces, the earth trembleth and tottereth;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.506/)
- [Thou hast made the land to shake, Thou hast cleft it; heal the breaches thereof; for it tottereth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.979/)
- [Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to totter.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1151/)
- [My knees totter through fasting; and my flesh is lean, and hath no fatness.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.2038/)
- [And, behold, a hand touched me, which set me tottering upon my knees and upon the palms of my hands.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.301/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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