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# battle

«battle» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a fight between armies, ships or planes in a war** — 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

noun (a battle, battles); verb (battle, battles, battled, battling)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A battle is a fight between armies, ships or planes in a war. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/battle/#m1)

2) A battle is any hard struggle or contest, like a battle against illness or a battle of the bands. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/battle/#m2)

3) To battle is to fight or try very hard against something difficult. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/battle/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: A fight between armies in war. The Torah gives rules for how the priest speaks to the people before they go out. Interpretation: The priest's speech tells soldiers not to fear because God goes with them. The rabbis read this as a sign that victory comes from God and not only from the strength of the army. In the primary lessons: In history lessons battles are famous fights in wars. In stories and games, battles are fights between heroes and enemies. In everyday life, people battle illness, weather or traffic. Phrases: fight a battle, battle against, uphill battle, battle it out, losing battle.

### examples

- Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, unto battle at Jahaz. (Torah DEU.2.32, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/battle/#x1)
- And it shall be, when ye draw nigh unto the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak unto the people, (Torah DEU.20.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/battle/#x2)
- and divide the prey into two parts: between the men skilled in war, that went out to battle, and all the congregation; (Torah NUM.31.27, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/battle/#x3)
- Hark! battle is in the land, and great destruction. (Prophets JER.50.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/battle/#x4)
- The LORD of hosts mustereth the host of the battle. (Prophets ISA.13.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/battle/#x5)
- Make ready buckler and shield, and draw near to battle. (Prophets JER.46.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/battle/#x6)
- The two armies met in a great battle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/battle/#x7)
- Grandma is battling a cold. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/battle/#x8)
- The firefighters battled the flames all night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/battle/#x9)
- The game ended in a pillow battle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/battle/#x10)
- It was an uphill battle to finish the project. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/battle/#x11)
- The teams battled it out in the final. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/battle/#x12)
- The knight was hurt in the battle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/battle/#x13)
- Getting my brother to bed is a nightly battle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/battle/#x14)
- A cruel battle was being fought. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/battle/#x15)

### note

Countable noun; regular verb: battled. Similar: fight, war (a war is many battles). In a story, "battle" can be a game or argument, not real fighting.

### In the corpora

- [Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, unto battle at Jahaz.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.78/)
- [And it shall be, when ye draw nigh unto the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak unto the people,](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.543/)
- [about forty thousand ready armed for war passed on in the presence of the LORD unto battle, to the plains of Jericho.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.72/)
- [And Gideon the son of Joash returned from the battle from the ascent of Heres.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.237/)
- [Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and pitched beside Eben-ezer; and the Philistines pitched in Aphek.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.96/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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