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# overflowing

noun

«overflowing» 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 Job, floods wash away the dust, as a picture of how hope can be worn away.

### Meaning

A flood or spill of water over its edges; a flowing over. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/overflowing/#m1)

### Examples

- The waters wear the stones; the overflowings thereof wash away the dust of the earth; so Thou destroyest the hope of man. (Writings JOB.14.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/overflowing/#x1)

### Note

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

## On Mova

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