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# trespass

«trespass» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: **wrong, sin** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### kind

archaic sense

### modern equivalent

wrong, sin

### part of speech

noun

### meaning for a pupil

A wrong done against someone, or a sin against God. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/T/trespass/#m1)

### how it differs from today

Today mainly means going onto someone's land without permission. The old sense is doing wrong; all three sentences use it.

### examples

- And Jacob answered and said to Laban: 'What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast hotly pursued after me? (Torah GEN.31.36, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/T/trespass/#x1)
- Speak unto the children of Israel: When a man or woman shall commit any sin that men commit, to commit a trespass against the LORD, and that soul be guilty; (Torah NUM.5.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/T/trespass/#x2)
- If any one sin, and commit a trespass against the LORD, and deal falsely with his neighbour in a matter of deposit, or of pledge, or of robbery, or have oppressed his neighbour; (Torah LEV.6.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/T/trespass/#x3)

### primary record

trespass

### tests

rate: sense (≥3 uses in the Torah, ≥10× EWT there, Wiktionary: an archaic sense); corpora 5 (Torah 5, tales 0, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 0.6 (Torah alone 11.7); Wiktionary archaic (a sense)

### In the corpora

- [As a vulture he cometh against the house of the LORD; because they have transgressed My covenant, and trespassed against My law.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/HOS.104/)
- [O God, Thou knowest my folly; and my trespasses are not hid from Thee.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1133/)
- [A divine sentence is in the lips of the king; his mouth trespasseth not in judgment.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.453/)
- [And the sons of Carmi: Achar, the troubler of Israel, who committed a trespass concerning the devoted thing.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/1CH.73/)
- [Going into someone's garden without asking is rude and is trespassing.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/123-neighbours-and-new-people/9/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «trespass» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/T/trespass/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.