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# wandering

noun (wanderings); adjective (a wandering knight)

«wandering» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A wandering is a journey taken from place to place with no fixed aim. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wandering/#m1)
2. Wandering means moving from place to place with no fixed home. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wandering/#m2)

### In the lessons

a long journey from place to place, often in tales; a wandering person has no home

### Examples

- After his wanderings, he came home. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wandering/#x1)
- The wandering prince had no fixed home. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wandering/#x2)
- He sat down, tired from his wanderings. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wandering/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

It means going from place to place without a home. It can mean being lost, like Joseph looking for his brothers, or a life of exile. Ecclesiastes also uses it for the mind's restless desire.

**Interpretation.** The tradition ties wandering to Abraham, to the desert years and to the exile of the Jewish people.

### Examples

- And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field. (Torah GEN.37.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wandering/#x1)
- As the wandering sparrow, as the flying swallow, so the curse that is causeless shall come home. (Writings PRO.26.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wandering/#x2)
- Thou has counted my wanderings; put Thou my tears into Thy bottle; are they not in Thy book? (Writings PSA.56.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wandering/#x3)
- Better is the seeing of the eyes than the wandering of the desire; this also is vanity and a striving after wind. (Writings ECC.6.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wandering/#x4)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

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