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# tempestuous

adjective

«tempestuous» 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: Jonah's stormy sea is read as God's message, which grew stronger until Jonah was thrown in and the sailors saw God's power.

### Meaning

Stormy, with wild wind and rough waves. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tempestuous/#m1)

### Examples

- Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it to the land; but they could not; for the sea grew more and more tempestuous against them. (Prophets JON.1.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tempestuous/#x1)
- Then said they unto him: 'What shall we do unto thee, that the sea may be calm unto us?' for the sea grew more and more tempestuous. (Prophets JON.1.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tempestuous/#x2)

### Note

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

## On Mova

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