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# winnow

verb

«winnow» 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

Winnowing is a farm task, and the prophets use it for separating good from bad.

**Interpretation.** Tradition reads it as a picture of God's judgment, which sifts the worthy from the worthless.

### Meaning

To toss grain into the wind so the light husks blow away and the good grain falls. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/winnow/#m1)

### Examples

- The oxen likewise and the young asses that till the ground shall eat savoury provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan. (Prophets ISA.30.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/winnow/#x1)

### Note

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

## On Mova

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