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# bless

«bless» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **to ask God to protect someone or something or bring them…** — 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 (bless, blesses, blessed or blest, blessing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To bless means to ask God to protect someone or something or bring them good, often by a priest or religious leader. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bless/#m1)

2) «Bless you!» is what people say when someone sneezes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bless/#m2)

3) To be blessed with something means to be lucky to have it («blessed with good health»). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bless/#m3)

4) «Bless him/her» or «bless» is said (mainly UK) to show love or sympathy for someone small or sweet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bless/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: To ask God's favor, or to praise God; God also blesses people with goodness and growth. People also bless God in praise, as in "Bless the LORD, O my soul", and a leader may bless his household. Interpretation: Jews say blessings (brachot) before eating and on many occasions, and the priestly blessing "The LORD bless thee and keep thee" is still said. The psalms of praise are part of daily prayer. In the primary lessons: In RE, blessings are part of many religions' ceremonies (weddings, naming of babies, harvest). In everyday manners «Bless you!» after a sneeze is polite. In stories a character may be blessed with a gift or bless a journey. Phrases: «bless you», «God bless», «blessed with», «a blessing in disguise».

### examples

- The LORD bless thee, and keep thee; (Torah NUM.6.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bless/#x1)
- Blessed shall be thy basket and thy kneading-trough. (Torah DEU.28.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bless/#x2)
- And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from the presence of Pharaoh. (Torah GEN.47.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bless/#x3)
- Blessed be the LORD for evermore. (Writings PSA.89.53, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bless/#x4)
- Bless the LORD, O my soul. (Writings PSA.104.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bless/#x5)
- Then David returned to bless his household. (Prophets 2SA.6.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bless/#x6)
- «Atchoo!» «Bless you!» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bless/#x7)
- The priest blessed the new baby. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bless/#x8)
- We are blessed with lovely neighbours. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bless/#x9)
- Grandma always says «God bless» at bedtime. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bless/#x10)
- Oh, bless him, he's fallen asleep in his dinner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bless/#x11)
- The vicar blessed the animals at the pet service. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bless/#x12)
- Losing the match was a blessing in disguise; we trained harder. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bless/#x13)
- The rain was a blessing for the dry farms. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bless/#x14)

### note

Past «blessed» (said «blest» as a verb); as an adjective «blessed» is often said BLESS-id («a blessed day»). Noun «blessing». «A blessing in disguise» means something that seemed bad but turned out good.

### In the corpora

- [male and female created He them, and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.118/)
- [And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them: 'Be fruitful and multiply, and replenish the earth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.218/)
- [And he said: Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem; and let Canaan be their servant.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.243/)
- [And he blessed him, and said: 'Blessed be Abram of God Most High, Maker of heaven and earth;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.371/)
- [seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.460/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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