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# winnowing

noun

«winnowing» 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

Isaiah calls Israel God's threshing and winnowing, a people beaten and sifted by suffering.

**Interpretation.** Tradition reads it as a picture of Israel's trials, after which a pure people remains.

### Meaning

The act of tossing grain in the wind to blow the husks away. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/winnowing/#m1)

### Examples

- O thou my threshing, and the winnowing of my floor, that which I have heard from the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto you. (Prophets ISA.21.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/winnowing/#x1)

### Note

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

## On Mova

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