[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/chase.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/) / chase [← C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/C/) # chase «chase» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **to run after someone or something to catch it** — 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 (chase, chases, chased, chasing); noun (a chase, chases) ### meaning for a pupil 1) To chase is to run after someone or something to catch it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/chase/#m1) 2) To chase away is to make someone go away by running after them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/chase/#m2) 3) A chase is the act of running after someone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/chase/#m3) 4) To chase a dream is to try hard to get it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/chase/#m4) ### sense in the lessons Interpretation: The promise that five will chase a hundred is read as a reward for keeping the commandments. In Job and Lamentations chasing is a picture of being hunted, as a bird is hunted. In the primary lessons: one moves after another: speeds, distances, the gap getting smaller; in play: chase and tag games at break time; in science: predators chase prey (a cheetah chases a gazelle); in stories: a police chase, a cat-and-mouse chase; phrases: «chase after», «chase away», «cut to the chase» (get to the main point) ### examples - And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword. (Torah LEV.26.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/chase/#x1) - And five of you shall chase a hundred, and a hundred of you shall chase ten thousand; and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword. (Torah LEV.26.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/chase/#x2) - And the Amorites, that dwell in that hill-country, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and beat you down in Seir, even unto Hormah. (Torah DEU.1.44, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/chase/#x3) - He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world. (Writings JOB.18.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/chase/#x4) - They have chased me sore like a bird, that are mine enemies without cause. (Writings LAM.3.52, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/chase/#x5) - And the children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines, and they spoiled their camp. (Prophets 1SA.17.53, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/chase/#x6) - A dog chases a cat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/chase/#x7) - The fox chases 3 rabbits. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/chase/#x8) - The cat runs 5 m a second and the dog chases at 7. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/chase/#x9) - How long until he catches up? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/chase/#x10) - We played chase in the playground. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/chase/#x11) - The farmer chased the crows away from the corn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/chase/#x12) - A cheetah can chase its prey at great speed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/chase/#x13) - The film ends with a long car chase. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/chase/#x14) - She is chasing her dream of becoming a dancer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/chase/#x15) - There was his sister chasing him. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/chase/#x16) ### note Catching up: the gap shrinks by the difference of speeds each second (7 − 5 = 2 m a second). Time to catch up = gap ÷ difference of speeds. Past: chased. Safety: never chase a ball into the road. ### In the corpora - [And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.795/) - [And Abimelech chased him, and he fled before him, and there fell many wounded, even unto the entrance of the gate.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.300/) - [And the children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines, and they spoiled their camp.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.509/) - [A son that dealeth shamefully and reproachfully will despoil his father, and chase away his mother.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.555/) - [He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.463/) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every meaning and example of «chase» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/chase/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.