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# semblance

noun

«semblance» 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 the Psalms it means a shadow or image, as of people who pass away like a dream.

**Interpretation.** Tradition reads it as saying human life and wealth are fleeting, and God will wake and dismiss the wicked as a vanished dream.

### Meaning

A mere outward look or likeness, without real substance. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/semblance/#m1)

### Examples

- As a dream when one awaketh, so, O Lord, when Thou arousest Thyself, Thou wilt despise their semblance. (Writings PSA.73.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/semblance/#x1)
- Surely man walketh as a mere semblance; surely for vanity they are in turmoil; he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them. (Writings PSA.39.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/semblance/#x2)

### Note

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

## On Mova

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