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# avenged

«avenged» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **Punished someone in return for a wrong done to oneself or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (past tense and past participle of avenge)

### meaning for a pupil

Punished someone in return for a wrong done to oneself or a loved one. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/avenged/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It means that justice was done and punishment was brought for a wrong. The Torah and Prophets use it for God and for people who fought enemies. Interpretation: Tradition reads it as justice restored by God. The rabbis teach that we should not take private revenge but leave judgment to God and the courts. In the primary lessons: in tales, a wrong that has been paid back, often by a parent, child or animal.

### examples

- If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold. (Torah GEN.4.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/avenged/#x1)
- And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the nation had avenged themselves of their enemies. (Prophets JOS.10.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/avenged/#x2)
- Shall I not punish for these things? saith the LORD; Shall not My soul be avenged on such a nation as this? (Prophets JER.5.29, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/avenged/#x3)
- Shall I not punish for these things? saith the LORD; and shall not My soul be avenged on such a nation as this? (Prophets JER.5.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/avenged/#x4)
- Patto avenged his dead children. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/avenged/#x5)
- The king avenged the insult to his queen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/avenged/#x6)
- The rabbit felt that the wrong was avenged. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/avenged/#x7)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.113/)
- [And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the nation had avenged themselves of their enemies.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.233/)
- [Shall I not punish for these things? saith the LORD; Shall not My soul be avenged on such a nation as this?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.166/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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