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# tenor

noun

«tenor» 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 Torah it means the exact words or sense of something written or declared, such as the covenant.

**Interpretation.** God says the covenant is made by the sense of these words, and Jewish tradition says the Written Torah and the teachings of the sages go together.

### Meaning

The general meaning or sense of something, or the way it goes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tenor/#m1)

### Examples

- And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Write thou these words, for after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with Israel.' (Torah EXO.34.27, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tenor/#x1)
- And thou shalt do according to the tenor of the sentence, which they shall declare unto thee from that place which the LORD shall choose; and thou shalt observe to do according to all that they shall teach thee. (Torah DEU.17.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tenor/#x2)

### Note

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

## On Mova

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