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# tumult

«tumult» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a loud, noisy, confused disturbance, with shouting and…** — 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

noun (tumults)

### meaning for a pupil

A tumult is a loud, noisy, confused disturbance, with shouting and people rushing about. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tumult/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: A loud roaring noise or uproar of crowds, armies or nations. It can also mean rising turmoil. Interpretation: The prophets use it for armies gathering, and the psalmist uses it for nations in turmoil, which God calms with His voice. In the primary lessons: a noisy crowd or uproar in a hall, a court or a town; in stories the noise of a crowd is called a tumult; in lessons it describes a scene of noisy confusion

### examples

- Hark, a tumult in the mountains, like as of a great people! (Prophets ISA.13.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tumult/#x1)
- Nations were in tumult, kingdoms were moved; He uttered His voice, the earth melted. (Writings PSA.46.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tumult/#x2)
- He scorneth the tumult of the city, neither heareth he the shoutings of the driver. (Writings JOB.39.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tumult/#x3)
- The playground was in tumult when the bell rang. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tumult/#x4)
- The banqueting hall was in tumult. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tumult/#x5)
- Amid the tumult, nobody heard the bugle call. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tumult/#x6)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [Hark, a tumult in the mountains, like as of a great people!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.278/)
- [At the noise of the tumult the peoples are fled; at the lifting up of Thyself the nations are scattered.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.684/)
- [Nations were in tumult, kingdoms were moved; He uttered His voice, the earth melted.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.765/)
- [Hide me from the council of evil-doers; from the tumult of the workers of iniquity;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1033/)
- [Who stillest the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, and the tumult of the peoples;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1050/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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