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# waster

«waster» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **A person who wastes or destroys, such as a destroyer or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun

### meaning for a pupil

A person who wastes or destroys, such as a destroyer or ruiner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/waster/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Isaiah says God made the destroyer just as he made the smith, so even destroyers are under his power. Interpretation: Tradition reads this to mean that no enemy or weapon acts outside God's control, so Israel need not fear.

### examples

- Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the fire of coals, and bringeth forth a weapon for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy. (Prophets ISA.54.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/waster/#x1)

### note

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

### Trees and pragmatics

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