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# bittern

noun

«bittern» 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

Isaiah names it among creatures that will live in the ruins of fallen cities.

**Interpretation.** The prophets use desert birds and wild creatures living in the ruins to show how completely God's judgment destroys proud places.

### Meaning

A bird that lives in marshes and makes a booming call. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bittern/#m1)

### Examples

- I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water; and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the LORD of hosts. (Prophets ISA.14.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bittern/#x1)
- But the pelican and the bittern shall possess it, and the owl and the raven shall dwell therein; and He shall stretch over it the line of confusion, and the plummet of emptiness. (Prophets ISA.34.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bittern/#x2)

### Note

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

## On Mova

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