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# bereave

«bereave» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **To take away someone dear by death; to leave someone…** — 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

### meaning for a pupil

To take away someone dear by death; to leave someone without a loved one. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bereave/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Old word: to leave childless or to take away children. Interpretation: It is part of the warnings Moses gives, in which the sword brings loss even to the young.

### examples

- Without shall the sword bereave, and in the chambers terror; slaying both young man and virgin, the suckling with the man of gray hairs. (Torah DEU.32.25, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bereave/#x1)
- therefore thou shalt devour men no more, neither bereave thy nations any more, saith the Lord GOD; (Prophets EZK.36.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bereave/#x2)
- And I fan them with a fan in the gates of the land; I bereave them of children, I destroy My people, since they return not from their ways. (Prophets JER.15.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bereave/#x3)
- If I cause evil beasts to pass through the land, and they bereave it, and it be desolate, so that no man may pass through because of the beasts; (Prophets EZK.14.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bereave/#x4)

### note

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

### In the corpora

- [And as for me, if I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1414/)
- [therefore thou shalt devour men no more, neither bereave thy nations any more, saith the Lord GOD;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.943/)
- [Abroad the sword bereaveth, at home there is the like of death.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/LAM.23/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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