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# searching

noun

«searching» 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 Judges, the "great searchings of heart" are the deep thoughts and doubts of Reuben's tribe, who did not join the battle.

**Interpretation.** Tradition reads it as a rebuke to those who debate but do not act when the nation needs them.

### Meaning

The act of looking into something carefully, here of the heart. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/searching/#m1)

### Examples

- At the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart. (Prophets JDG.5.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/searching/#x1)

### Note

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

## On Mova

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