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# supplanter

noun

«supplanter» 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

The word is linked with Jacob, whose name suggests "heel" and "one who supplants". Here it means enemies who lie in wait.

**Interpretation.** Tradition reads Jacob's name both as a shame and as a sign of a struggle that later turned into the name Israel.

### Meaning

A person who trips up or pushes aside another to take his place, often by trickery. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/supplanter/#m1)

### Examples

- Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my supplanters compasseth me about, (Writings PSA.49.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/supplanter/#x1)

### Note

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

## On Mova

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