--- title: R — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 10 description: The 1025 words of the English dictionary under R, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/page/10/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / R # R — The English dictionary · page 10 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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*Everyday, meaning 1:* Sensible about what can really happen or be done.[↗](../../realistic/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "a realistic plan".[↗](../../realistic/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Looking or seeming very like the real thing.[↗](../../realistic/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "a realistic painting of a horse."[↗](../../realistic/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Realistic can also describe a view that takes things as they actually are, without imagining or magic.[↗](../../realistic/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Be realistic: we cannot paint the whole house today.[↗](../../realistic/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The toy dinosaur looks very realistic.[↗](../../realistic/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Set yourself a realistic goal for reading each week.[↗](../../realistic/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Check whether your answer is realistic.[↗](../../realistic/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Realistic fiction is about things that could really happen.[↗](../../realistic/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Her drawing of the cat is so realistic.[↗](../../realistic/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · It is not realistic to walk to London from here.[↗](../../realistic/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Even such a minute touch as the terraces on the hill have their bearing, I believe, on Mr. MacRitchie's “realistic” views of Faerie.[↗](../../realistic/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **realistically** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Realistically means thinking about what can really happen, not wishing.[↗](../../realistically/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Realistically means in a way that looks real or true to life.[↗](../../realistically/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Realistically, we can't visit every museum in one day.[↗](../../realistically/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The painting shows the dog realistically.[↗](../../realistically/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Realistically, how much can we save each week?[↗](../../realistically/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The film shows life in the war realistically.[↗](../../realistically/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Realistically, it will take two hours.[↗](../../realistically/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Realistically, we need more players to win.[↗](../../realistically/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **reality** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Reality is what really exists or happens, not what is imagined or pretend.[↗](../../reality/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A reality is a fact or situation you have to face: «the reality of living on a farm».[↗](../../reality/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Virtual reality (VR) is a computer world you can see with a headset.[↗](../../reality/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* In reality, the monster was just a shadow.[↗](../../reality/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Her dream of a puppy became a reality.[↗](../../reality/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · It's time to face reality: the holidays are over.[↗](../../reality/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Virtual reality lets you explore space.[↗](../../reality/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The film mixes fantasy and reality.[↗](../../reality/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Reality TV shows aren't always real.[↗](../../reality/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The reality of camping was colder than we thought.[↗](../../reality/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · (informal) That was a real reality check.[↗](../../reality/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · But how does the sea look in reality?[↗](../../reality/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · He created a reality out of nothing, called the nonentity into existence and hewed, as it were, colossal pillars from intangible air.[↗](../../reality/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../reality/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · This way of thinking about language imbues the Hebrew root itself with a certain metaphysical reality, an entity from which more concrete instantions of individual words may ontologically descend and ultimately crystallize into concrete speech or material reality.[↗](../../reality/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../reality/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **realize** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To realize something is to understand clearly that it is true.[↗](../../realize/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To realize a hope or wish is to make it come true.[↗](../../realize/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I realize I was wrong.[↗](../../realize/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She did not realize the child was gone.[↗](../../realize/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · At last he realized how long the road was.[↗](../../realize/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **realized** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Understood clearly, or made a wish or hope come true.[↗](../../realized/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He fully realized the truth of this.[↗](../../realized/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · For the first time she realized how far she had walked.[↗](../../realized/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Her dream was realized when the king gave her a home.[↗](../../realized/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **really** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* In fact, truly: «Is it really true?».[↗](../../really/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Very: «really hot».[↗](../../really/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Used to show surprise or doubt: «Really?».[↗](../../really/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Used to make a statement softer or stronger: «I don't really like it.».[↗](../../really/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (casual) «Really?!» or «srsly» (texting) is annoyed surprise: you can't be serious.[↗](../../really/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* (casual, sarcastic) «Oh, really?» means I don't believe you; «Really, Tom?» means I am disappointed in you.[↗](../../really/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 7:* (casual, UK) «Not really» is a polite soft no.[↗](../../really/#m7 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 8:* (formal) «Genuinely», «indeed», «in fact», «exceedingly» and «considerably» are stiff words for really.[↗](../../really/#m8 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* It's really cold today.[↗](../../really/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Did you really see a whale?[↗](../../really/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · «I won!»[↗](../../really/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") «Really?»[↗](../../really/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · I don't really like broccoli.[↗](../../really/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She really wants a puppy.[↗](../../really/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · What really happened?[↗](../../really/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · That was really kind of you.[↗](../../really/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The sun doesn't really move; the Earth spins.[↗](../../really/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · srsly?? only 2 cookies left out of 12?[↗](../../really/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (casual)[↗](../../really/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · «I did my homework.»[↗](../../really/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") «Oh, really?[↗](../../really/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") Show me.»[↗](../../really/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (sarcastic)[↗](../../really/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Really?[↗](../../really/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") You broke it again?[↗](../../really/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") Bloody hell.[↗](../../really/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (rough)[↗](../../really/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · The second quantity is considerably greater than the first; determine by how much.[↗](../../really/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (formal exam)[↗](../../really/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · I really cannot squeeze myself through!”[↗](../../really/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · AL ChI H OULMIM; ''the Living God of Ages," here the word God really is in the singular.[↗](../../really/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../really/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · The whole (arly history of Pythagoreanism is therefore conjectural, and all we really know of the school is what wc are told by Aristotle".[↗](../../really/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../really/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · In spite of the numerous works written on Hebrew orthography since the beginning of the tenth century, there is not one which may be considered as really based on the Hebrew.[↗](../../really/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../really/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") **realm** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal, old) A country ruled by a king or queen; a kingdom.[↗](../../realm/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* An area of knowledge, activity or interest: «the realm of science».[↗](../../realm/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (stories) A world or land, often magical: «the realm of the fairies».[↗](../../realm/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (church) Christians speak of «the heavenly realm».[↗](../../realm/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The king ruled his realm wisely.[↗](../../realm/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The story takes place in a magical realm under the sea.[↗](../../realm/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Flying cars are not in the realm of science fiction any more.[↗](../../realm/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Time travel is outside the realm of possibility.[↗](../../realm/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The knights swore to protect the realm.[↗](../../realm/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In the realm of sport, she is a star.[↗](../../realm/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The fair Princess, Marya Morevna, carried him off into her own realm.[↗](../../realm/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet; for his God gave him rest round about.[↗](../../realm/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 2CH.20.30, JPS 1917)[↗](../../realm/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans; (Writings DAN.9.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../realm/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Then this Daniel distinguished himself above the presidents and the satraps, because a surpassing spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.[↗](../../realm/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings DAN.6.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../realm/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **realty** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* Land and buildings; real estate.[↗](../../realty/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") **reap** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To cut and gather a crop, like wheat, from a field: «Farmers reap the corn in late summer.».[↗](../../reap/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To get something good (or bad) as a result of what you have done: «reap the rewards», «reap the benefits».[↗](../../reap/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (Bible) «You reap what you sow»: what you do now decides what will happen to you later (Galatians 6:7).[↗](../../reap/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* In the past, whole families helped reap the wheat by hand.[↗](../../reap/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · If you practise every day, you will reap the rewards.[↗](../../reap/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · You reap what you sow, so be kind.[↗](../../reap/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The farmers reaped a good harvest this year.[↗](../../reap/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The school reaped the benefits of its new library.[↗](../../reap/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The Grim Reaper is a made-up figure of death carrying a scythe.[↗](../../reap/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · "This wheat is now ready for reaping," said the Farmer.[↗](../../reap/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corner of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleaning of thy harvest.[↗](../../reap/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.19.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../reap/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · A jubilee shall that fiftieth year be unto you; ye shall not sow, neither reap that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather the grapes in it of the undressed vines.[↗](../../reap/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.25.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../reap/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · That which groweth of itself of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, and the grapes of thy undressed vine thou shalt not gather; it shall be a year of solemn rest for the land.[↗](../../reap/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.25.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../reap/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.[↗](../../reap/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.126.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../reap/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · According as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow mischief, reap the same.[↗](../../reap/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.4.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../reap/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity; and the rod of his wrath shall fail.[↗](../../reap/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.22.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../reap/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **reaper** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A person who cuts and gathers a crop such as wheat (old-fashioned).[↗](../../reaper/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A machine that cuts grain.[↗](../../reaper/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* «The Grim Reaper» is a picture of death as a skeleton in a black cloak carrying a scythe.[↗](../../reaper/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The reapers worked in the field all day.[↗](../../reaper/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The old reaper was pulled by horses.[↗](../../reaper/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A reaping machine cuts wheat faster than people.[↗](../../reaper/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The Grim Reaper carries a scythe.[↗](../../reaper/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Harvest songs were sung by the reapers.[↗](../../reaper/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The Bible says that whatever we sow, we will reap.[↗](../../reaper/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The Master Cat, who still went on before, met with some reapers, and said to them:[↗](../../reaper/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Wherewith the reaper filleth not his hand, nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.[↗](../../reaper/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.129.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../reaper/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers: 'Whose damsel is this?'[↗](../../reaper/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings RUT.2.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../reaper/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers.[↗](../../reaper/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2KI.4.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../reaper/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **reapest** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* «reapest» means «you reap», a form of «reap»: To cut and gather a crop, like wheat, from a field: «Farmers reap the corn in late summer.».[↗](../../reapest/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") **reappear** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To reappear is to appear again or come back into view after being gone.[↗](../../reappear/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Sun reappeared after the clouds.[↗](../../reappear/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat disappeared and reappeared an hour later.[↗](../../reappear/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The magician made the coin reappear.[↗](../../reappear/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The rash reappeared after a week.[↗](../../reappear/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Old toys sometimes reappear in the attic.[↗](../../reappear/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The stars reappeared when the clouds moved away.[↗](../../reappear/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Now and again he disappeared only to reappear once more.[↗](../../reappear/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **rear** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The back part of something.[↗](../../rear/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "the rear of the bus".[↗](../../rear/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* As an adjective, at the back.[↗](../../rear/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "the rear door", "rear lights".[↗](../../rear/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To rear children or animals means to look after them until they are grown up.[↗](../../rear/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* When a horse rears, it stands up on its back legs.[↗](../../rear/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* To rear something can also mean to lift it up high and build it in place.[↗](../../rear/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Children should sit in the rear seat of the car.[↗](../../rear/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We got off by the rear door of the bus.[↗](../../rear/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My bike has a red rear light.[↗](../../rear/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher walked at the rear of the line.[↗](../../rear/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The farmer rears sheep and goats.[↗](../../rear/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The horse reared up when it saw the snake.[↗](../../rear/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Swans rear their young on the river.[↗](../../rear/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The marble block was reared in its place.[↗](../../rear/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · 'On the first day of the first month shalt thou rear up the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.[↗](../../rear/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.40.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../rear/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle according to the fashion thereof which hath been shown thee in the mount.[↗](../../rear/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.26.30, JPS 1917)[↗](../../rear/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And he reared up the court round about the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the screen of the gate of the court.[↗](../../rear/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.40.33, JPS 1917)[↗](../../rear/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Leave thy fatherless children, I will rear them, and let thy widows trust in Me.[↗](../../rear/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.49.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../rear/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria.[↗](../../rear/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1KI.16.32, JPS 1917)[↗](../../rear/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall rear a young cow, and two sheep; (Prophets ISA.7.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../rear/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **rearrange** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To change the order or position of things.[↗](../../rearrange/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To change the time or date of a meeting or event.[↗](../../rearrange/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (maths) To change the order of numbers or letters, or to change a formula so a different letter is on its own.[↗](../../rearrange/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Rearrange the letters of «listen» to make «silent».[↗](../../rearrange/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We rearranged the desks into groups.[↗](../../rearrange/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The match was rearranged for next Saturday.[↗](../../rearrange/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Can you rearrange 3, 1, 2 to make the biggest number?[↗](../../rearrange/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") 321.[↗](../../rearrange/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum rearranged the furniture in the living room.[↗](../../rearrange/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Rearrange the formula so that x is on its own.[↗](../../rearrange/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The doctor's appointment had to be rearranged.[↗](../../rearrange/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · As a matter of fact, he himself abandons the division of the letters into three parts, and rearranges them in a twofold division, one of ten and one of twelve letters.[↗](../../rearrange/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../rearrange/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **rearrangement** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Changing the order, position or plan of things: «a rearrangement of the furniture».[↗](../../rearrangement/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A changed plan, time or date: «a rearrangement of the match».[↗](../../rearrangement/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (music) A new version of a piece of music for different instruments or voices.[↗](../../rearrangement/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (maths, science) Putting the parts of a number, formula or molecule in a different order; in maths, a different order of the same items.[↗](../../rearrangement/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The classroom rearrangement gave us more space for reading.[↗](../../rearrangement/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · After the rearrangement, the match is on Tuesday.[↗](../../rearrangement/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The band played a rock rearrangement of an old carol.[↗](../../rearrangement/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · «Listen» and «silent» are rearrangements of the same letters.[↗](../../rearrangement/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Rearrangement of the formula helps us find the missing value.[↗](../../rearrangement/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · There are six rearrangements of the letters A, B and C.[↗](../../rearrangement/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **rearward** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* The back part of a group, especially an army on the march.[↗](../../rearward/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* And the standard of the camp of the children of Dan, which was the rearward of all the camps, set forward according to their hosts; and over his host was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.[↗](../../rearward/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.10.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../rearward/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · And the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds, and by thousands; and David and his men passed on in the rearward with Achish.[↗](../../rearward/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.29.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../rearward/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · And the armed men went before the priests that blew the horns, and the rearward went after the ark, the priests blowing with the horns continually.[↗](../../rearward/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JOS.6.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../rearward/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · For ye shall not go out in haste, neither shall ye go by flight; for the LORD will go before you, and the God of Israel will be your rearward.[↗](../../rearward/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.52.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../rearward/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/) … [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/page/9/) **10** [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/page/11/) … 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