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# athirst

adjective

«athirst» in the English dictionary: in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## In Jewish tradition

In Judges it describes Samson, who was very thirsty after his fight and prayed to God.

**Interpretation.** Tradition reads it as showing that even a strong hero depends on God. God gave him water, and Samson learned this.

### Meaning

very thirsty [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/athirst/#m1)

### Examples

- And he was sore athirst, and called on the LORD, and said: 'Thou hast given this great deliverance by the hand of Thy servant; and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised?' (Prophets JDG.15.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/athirst/#x1)

### Note

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «athirst» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/athirst/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«athirst» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/athirst.html) on Mova free.