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# beseech

«beseech» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **To beg someone earnestly and with great feeling** — 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 (beseech, beseeches, beseeched or besought, beseeching)

### meaning for a pupil

To beg someone earnestly and with great feeling. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/beseech/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Old word for pleading. Moses beseeches God to heal Miriam. Interpretation: Moses' short prayer, "El na refa na la" (Heal her now, O God), is often noted as one of the shortest and most heartfelt prayers in the Torah. In the primary lessons: a character begs a king, a fool or a friend for help

### examples

- And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying: 'Heal her now, O God, I beseech Thee.' (Torah NUM.12.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/beseech/#x1)
- We beseech Thee, O LORD, save now! (Writings PSA.118.25, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/beseech/#x2)
- We beseech Thee, O LORD, make us now to prosper! (Writings PSA.118.25, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/beseech/#x3)
- Accept, I beseech Thee, the freewill-offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me Thine ordinances. (Writings PSA.119.108, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/beseech/#x4)
- The villagers beseeched the king for rain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/beseech/#x5)
- «Please help me,» she beseeched. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/beseech/#x6)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying: 'Heal her now, O God, I beseech Thee.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.483/)
- [And I besought the LORD at that time, saying:](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.106/)
- [Then said I: O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech Thee; how shall Jacob stand? for he is small.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/AMO.114/)
- [O God of hosts, return, we beseech Thee; look from heaven, and behold, and be mindful of this vine,](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1430/)
- [But I called upon the name of the LORD: 'I beseech thee, O LORD, deliver my soul.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.2115/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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