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# amazed

«amazed» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **very surprised, often in a happy way, because something…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (amazed); verb form (past of amaze: amaze, amazes, amazed, amazing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Amazed means very surprised, often in a happy way, because something is wonderful or hard to believe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/amazed/#m1)

2) Amazed is also the past form of «amaze»: something amazed you when it surprised you greatly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/amazed/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Here it means struck dumb with shock or fear, as when Job's friends run out of words or kings flee in terror at God's city. In the primary lessons: Very common in stories and in everyday speech to show strong surprise; it tells the reader a character could hardly believe what happened. In science, pupils are «amazed» by experiments. Phrases: «amazed at/by», «amazed that…», «amazed to see», «I'm amazed».

### examples

- They are amazed, they answer no more; words are departed from them. (Writings JOB.32.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/amazed/#x1)
- They saw, straightway they were amazed; they were affrighted, they hasted away. (Writings PSA.48.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/amazed/#x2)
- Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye exceeding amazed, saith the LORD. (Prophets JER.2.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/amazed/#x3)
- I was amazed by the magic trick. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/amazed/#x4)
- We were amazed to see a whale near the beach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/amazed/#x5)
- She was amazed that she had won the prize. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/amazed/#x6)
- The fireworks amazed everyone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/amazed/#x7)
- Dad looked amazed when I tidied my room. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/amazed/#x8)
- The class was amazed when the volcano model erupted. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/amazed/#x9)
- I'm amazed you finished the puzzle so fast! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/amazed/#x10)
- Aladdin was so amazed that he could not say a word. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/amazed/#x11)

### note

Amazed (how you feel) vs amazing (what causes the feeling): «I was amazed; the show was amazing». Followed by «at», «by», «to + verb», or «that». Stronger than «surprised». Spelling: drop e and add -ed.

### In the corpora

- [And the men of Israel turned, and the men of Benjamin were amazed; for they saw that evil was come upon them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.621/)
- [Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye exceeding amazed, saith the LORD.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.31/)
- [They saw, straightway they were amazed; they were affrighted, they hasted away.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.786/)
- [They are amazed, they answer no more; words are departed from them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.837/)
- [Hooke's book Micrographia amazed readers with huge drawings of fleas and lice.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/256-the-microscopic-world-cells-the-building-blocks-of-life/7/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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