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# monger

noun

«monger» 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

Here "ballad-mongers" are scoffers who mock the prophet and make jokes about God's warnings.

**Interpretation.** Isaiah's rebuke is read as aimed at leaders who laughed at the prophet and trusted in treaties, not in God.

### Meaning

A person who deals in or spreads something, often something bad. It is now used mostly in words such as "fishmonger" or "scaremonger". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/monger/#m1)

### Examples

- Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scoffers, the ballad-mongers of this people which is in Jerusalem: (Prophets ISA.28.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/monger/#x1)

### Note

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

## On Mova

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