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# piercing

noun

«piercing» 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

Interpretation: Proverbs contrasts careless words that wound with wise words that heal. The tradition treats harmful speech as a serious sin.

### Meaning

A sharp stab or wound, as by a pointed thing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/piercing/#m1)

### Examples

- There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword; but the tongue of the wise is health. (Writings PRO.12.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/piercing/#x1)

### Note

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

## On Mova

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