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# convulsion

noun (convulsions)

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

## Everyday

1. A convulsion is a sudden, violent shaking of the body that you cannot control. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convulsion/#m1)
2. (informal) «Convulsions of laughter» means fits of laughing that you cannot stop. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convulsion/#m2)

### In the lessons

in the tales, a fit that shakes a creature or a person; in fun talk, a funny act that throws the room into laughing fits

### Examples

- The snake trembled in violent convulsions. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convulsion/#x1)
- The doctor said the boy had convulsions. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convulsion/#x2)
- The clown threw the whole hall into convulsions of laughter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convulsion/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

Violent shaking from terror, pain or fear when judgment comes on nations.

**Interpretation.** The prophets use it for the shock of God's judgment on Egypt, Ethiopia and Nineveh.

### Examples

- And I will set a fire in Egypt; Sin shall be in great convulsion, and No shall be rent asunder; and in Noph shall come adversaries in the day-time. (Prophets EZK.30.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/convulsion/#x1)
- She is empty, and void, and waste; and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and convulsion is in all loins, and the faces of them all have gathered blackness. (Prophets NAM.2.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/convulsion/#x2)
- And a sword shall come upon Egypt, and convulsion shall be in Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt; and they shall take away her abundance, and her foundation shall be broken down. (Prophets EZK.30.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/convulsion/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

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