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# bethink

«bethink» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **to stop and think, to consider what you are doing** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (bethink, bethinks, bethought, bethinking) (old use)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To bethink yourself is to stop and think, to consider what you are doing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bethink/#m1)

2) To bethink yourself can also mean to come to your senses and behave better. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bethink/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Solomon's prayer at the Temple, to bethink oneself means to think again and come to one's senses in a far land, and then turn back to God. Interpretation: The tradition reads this as the beginning of repentance (teshuvah): a person thinks about what they did, turns, and prays. God is said to hear such prayer even from far away. In the primary lessons: a stern command in old tales to a person who is doing wrong: «Bethink yourself!» means think again about what you have done.

### examples

- yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn, and make supplication unto Thee in the land of their captivity, saying: We have sinned, we have done iniquitously, and have dealt wickedly; (Writings 2CH.6.37, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bethink/#x1)
- Bethink yourself, rogue, and say you are sorry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bethink/#x2)
- Stop and bethink yourself before you act in anger. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bethink/#x3)
- He bethought himself of his promise and went home. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bethink/#x4)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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