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# upheave

verb

«upheave» 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 Nahum, the earth heaves up when God comes, with mountains and hills shaking and melting.

**Interpretation.** Tradition reads it as a picture of God's power over nature and of His power to judge the wicked.

### Meaning

To lift up or heave violently from below. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/upheave/#m1)

### Examples

- The mountains quake at Him, and the hills melt; and the earth is upheaved at His presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein. (Prophets NAM.1.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/upheave/#x1)

### Note

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

## On Mova

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