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# befall

«befall» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **To happen to someone, often something bad: «If you do…** — 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

verb (befall, befalls, befell, befallen) (old use)

### meaning for a pupil

To happen to someone, often something bad: «If you do ill, ill will befall you.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/befall/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Old word meaning to happen to someone, often harm or fate. Interpretation: Jacob's fear of harm to Benjamin shows his grief for Joseph. His blessing about "the end of days" is read by tradition as a glimpse of the future of the tribes. In the primary lessons: in fairy tales, a warning that trouble will come to a person

### examples

- But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said: 'Lest peradventure harm befall him.' (Torah GEN.42.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/befall/#x1)
- and if ye take this one also from me, and harm befall him, ye will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave. (Torah GEN.44.29, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/befall/#x2)
- And Jacob called unto his sons, and said: 'Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the end of days. (Torah GEN.49.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/befall/#x3)
- Shall evil befall a city, and the LORD hath not done it? (Prophets AMO.3.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/befall/#x4)
- There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy tent. (Writings PSA.91.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/befall/#x5)
- There shall no mischief befall the righteous; but the wicked are filled with evil. (Writings PRO.12.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/befall/#x6)
- Bad luck befell the farmer's sheep. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/befall/#x7)
- Be careful, or harm may befall you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/befall/#x8)
- What will befall us if we stay here? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/befall/#x9)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that had befallen them, saying:](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1390/)
- [Shall evil befall a city, and the LORD hath not done it?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/AMO.40/)
- [There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy tent.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1645/)
- [There shall no mischief befall the righteous; but the wicked are filled with evil.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.342/)
- [And Haman recounted unto Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thing that had befallen him.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EST.109/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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