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# adjure

«adjure» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **To solemnly command or beg someone, as if under an oath** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb

### meaning for a pupil

To solemnly command or beg someone, as if under an oath. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/adjure/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Song of Songs the beloved makes the daughters of Jerusalem swear not to awaken love before its time. Interpretation: Tradition reads Song of Songs as a picture of love between God and Israel, and this oath as a warning not to hasten the redemption.

### examples

- What is thy beloved more than another beloved, that thou dost so adjure us?' (Writings SNG.5.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/adjure/#x1)
- 'I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem: Why should ye awaken, or stir up love, until it please?' (Writings SNG.8.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/adjure/#x2)
- 'I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, what will ye tell him? that I am love-sick.' (Writings SNG.5.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/adjure/#x3)

### note

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

### In the corpora

- [What is thy beloved more than another beloved, that thou dost so adjure us?'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/SNG.77/)
- ['I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem: Why should ye awaken, or stir up love, until it please?'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/SNG.122/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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