loom oor Afrikaans

loom

/luːm/ werkwoord, naamwoord

A frame or machine of wood or other material, in which a weaver forms cloth out of thread; a machine for interweaving yarn or threads into a fabric, as in knitting or lace making

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The Great Depression was making life hard in the United States, and war was looming across Europe.
Die Groot Depressie het lewe in die Verenigde State moeilik gemaak, en regoor Europa het daar oorlog gedreig.

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(Matthew 24:37-39) Similarly, the apostle Peter wrote that just as “the world of that time suffered destruction when it was deluged with water,” so also “the day of judgment and of destruction of the ungodly men” looms over the present world.—2 Peter 3:5-7.
Die apostel Petrus het insgelyks geskryf dat net soos “die wêreld van daardie tyd vernietig [is] toe dit met water oorstroom is”, so ook lê “die dag van die oordeel en van die vernietiging van die goddelose mense” vir die huidige wêreld voor.—2 Petrus 3:5-7.

Those loyal to the Church of Scotland considered it “little short of blasphemy” for uneducated men “bred to the loom, the needle, or the plough” to pretend to understand the Bible and preach its message.
Diegene wat lojaal aan die Kerk van Skotland was, het dit as “byna lasterlik” beskou vir onopgevoede mense “wat weef, naaldwerk doen of ploeg” om voor te gee dat hulle die Bybel verstaan en sy boodskap te verkondig.

(We Jews and You Christians) As a result of this difference of opinion, a religious chasm exists between Jews and Christians that looms far wider than most realize.
As gevolg van hierdie meningsverskil is daar ’n godsdienskloof tussen Jode en Christene wat baie wyer is as wat die meeste mense besef.

But unknown to me, there were horrendous events looming on the horizon, events that would make me search more fervently for the answers to those nagging questions of my childhood.
Maar wat ek nie geweet het nie, was dat daar verskriklike gebeure gedreig het, gebeure wat my nog vuriger na die antwoorde op daardie kwellende vrae van my kinderjare laat soek het.

But now, another threat is looming.
Maar nou is daar nog ’n bedreiging.

Who wants you to feel the same weighty condemnation that looms over him?
Wie wil hê dat jy moet voel asof dieselfde streng oordeel op jou wag as wat op hom wag?

He holds ropes between his toes; these ropes work the heddles—harnesses that move up and down separating and guiding the vertical warp threads that stretch out 20 feet [6 m] in front of the loom.
Hy hou toue tussen sy tone vas; hierdie toue beheer die hewels—kamme wat op en af beweeg en die vertikale skeringdrade skei en lei wat ses meter voor die weefstoel uitstrek.

“I see the danger looming,” says one parent, “and it’s very frightening.”
“Ek sien die gevaartekens”, sê een ouer, “en dit maak my baie bang.”

If you live in a Western land where store shelves are fully stocked and round-the-clock shopping may be possible, it is hard to imagine that there could be a looming shortage of natural resources.
As jy in ’n Westerse land woon waar die winkelrakke vol is en ’n mens 24 uur per dag inkopies kan doen, is dit moeilik om te dink dat daar in die nabye toekoms ’n tekort aan natuurlike hulpbronne kan wees.

The “offenses” quoted at the beginning of this article were rather insignificant, although they loomed large in the minds of the ones who decided to get even.
Die “oortredings” wat aan die begin van die artikel genoem is, was taamlik gering, hoewel hulle groot gelyk het in die gedagtes van dié wat besluit het om wraak te neem.

In time, dark clouds of opposition loomed on the horizon.
Mettertyd het donker wolke van teenstand begin saampak.

The threat of environmental degradation now looms greater than the threat of nuclear war.
Die gevaar van omgewingsagteruitgang is nou groter as die gevaar van kernoorlog.

Gradually, that mountain loomed higher as the group approached, following the rising terrain up to the villages near Caesarea Philippi.
Hierdie berg het geleidelik al hoe hoër voor die groep verrys namate hulle die dorpies naby Sesarea-Filippi oor die stygende terrein genader het.

Many of these children without childhoods toil in mines, dragging containers filled with coal; trudge through mud to harvest crops; or crouch at looms to make rugs.
Baie van hierdie kinders sonder kinderdae swoeg in myne, waar hulle houers vol steenkool trek; strompel deur modder om oeste in te samel of hurk voor weefstoele om matte te maak.

Its towering walls loom over deep moats filled with water from the Euphrates River, which forms part of the city’s defense system.
Sy toringhoë mure troon oor diep gragte waarin die water van die Eufraatrivier vloei, wat deel uitmaak van die stad se verdedigingstelsel.

Known as strip looms, they produced a narrow strip of cloth only three to five inches [7.5-11.5 cm] in width.
Dit is ’n strookweefstoel genoem, en daarmee kon hulle ’n strook materiaal van net 7,5 tot 11,5 sentimeter breed weef.

But great tests and trials were looming on the horizon, and these would call for all the alertness and sobriety the young Hebrews could muster.
Maar groot toetse en beproewinge het voorgelê, en dit sou al die wakkerheid en nugterheid verg wat die Hebreeuse jong manne gehad het.

On the contrary, obstacles loom ahead, some of them quite daunting.
Inteendeel, daar is struikelblokke wat voorlê, en party van hulle is heel intimiderend.

No matter what obstacle loomed before them, no matter how difficult the predicament in which they might find themselves, Jehovah would become whatever was needed in order to deliver them from slavery and bring them into the Promised Land.
Ongeag watter struikelblok hulle teëkom, ongeag hoe moeilik die situasie waarin hulle hulle bevind, Jehovah sou word wat ook al nodig is om hulle uit slawerny te bevry en hulle in die Beloofde Land in te bring.

Weavers among the nomadic peoples of Africa devised looms that were small and easily transported from place to place.
Wewers onder die nomadiese volke van Afrika het klein weefstoele ontwerp wat maklik van plek tot plek vervoer kon word.

The loom used in Biblical times was either a horizontal frame, placed flat on the floor, or a tall, vertical frame.
Die weefraam wat in Bybeltye gebruik is, was óf ’n horisontale raam, wat plat op die vloer geplaas is, óf ’n lang, regopstaande raam.

23 We can show our trust in Jehovah no matter what obstacles may loom before us.
23 Ons kan ons vertroue in Jehovah toon ongeag watter struikelblokke dalk voor ons opdoem.

3:13-15) But when violence looms, we avoid doing something foolhardy that would unnecessarily endanger our lives or the lives of fellow believers. —Prov.
3:13-15). Maar wanneer geweld dreig, sal ons nie iets onverstandigs doen wat ons lewe of die lewe van medegelowiges onnodig in gevaar sal stel nie.—Spr.

Halfway across the channel loomed Perito Moreno —a wall of ice over two and a half miles [4 km] wide and more than 160 feet [50 m] high.
Perito Moreno—’n ysmuur van ruim vier kilometer wyd en meer as 50 meter hoog—kon halfpad oor die kanaal gesien word.

Local TV news looms large, and unfortunately only dedicates 12 percent of its coverage to international news.
Plaaslike TV-nuus is groot, en slegs 12 persent van hulle dekking word aan internasionale nuus gewy.