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# broke

«broke» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **the past form of break: I broke the window** — 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 (past simple of break: break, breaks, broke, broken, breaking); adjective (broke, informal)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Broke is the past form of break: I broke the window. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/broke/#m1)

2) Broke (informal) means having no money: I'm broke until my next pocket money. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/broke/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In stories, «broke» tells the reader something cracked, snapped or stopped working in the past, or a rule or promise was not kept (broke the rules, broke a promise). In science: the glass broke into pieces. In sport: she broke the record (did better than before). Phrases: broke down (stopped working or started crying), broke out (started suddenly or escaped), broke up (ended, or school finished for holidays in the UK), broke the record.

### examples

- And all the people broke off the golden rings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron. (Torah EXO.32.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/broke/#x1)
- And I took hold of the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and broke them before your eyes. (Torah DEU.9.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/broke/#x2)
- And the hail smote throughout all the land of Egypt all that was in the field, both man and beast; and the hail smote every herb of the field, and broke every tree of the field. (Torah EXO.9.25, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/broke/#x3)
- And he broke them from off his arms like a thread. (Prophets JDG.16.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/broke/#x4)
- Thus they provoked Him with their doings, and the plague broke in upon them. (Writings PSA.106.29, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/broke/#x5)
- And he broke down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city. (Prophets JDG.8.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/broke/#x6)
- I broke my arm when I fell off my bike. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/broke/#x7)
- The vase fell and broke. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/broke/#x8)
- He broke his promise. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/broke/#x9)
- Our car broke down on the motorway. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/broke/#x10)
- A fire broke out in the kitchen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/broke/#x11)
- She broke the school record for running. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/broke/#x12)
- We broke up for the summer holidays. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/broke/#x13)
- I spent all my money, so I'm broke. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/broke/#x14)
- And the mace broke in two. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/broke/#x15)

### note

Broke is past simple; broken is the past participle: «I broke it» but «It is broken» / «I have broken it». Never say «I have broke». «Broke» meaning «no money» is slang; in school writing use «had no money».

### In the corpora

- [And all the people broke off the golden rings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.947/)
- [And I took hold of the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and broke them before your eyes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.283/)
- [And he broke down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.241/)
- [And a certain woman cast an upper millstone upon Abimelech's head, and broke his skull.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.313/)
- [And he broke them from off his arms like a thread.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.482/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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