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# thrum

verb

«thrum» 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 Amos, it describes wealthy people who strum on the harp (psaltery) while ignoring the troubles of their people.

**Interpretation.** Commentators read Amos as rebuking people who enjoy music and comfort and do not care about the nation's suffering or about justice.

### Meaning

To strum or pluck a stringed instrument, playing it in a rough or idle way. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thrum/#m1)

### Examples

- That thrum on the psaltery, that devise for themselves instruments of music, like David; (Prophets AMO.6.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/thrum/#x1)

### Note

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

## On Mova

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