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# comfort

«comfort» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a pleasant feeling of being relaxed, warm and free from…** — 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

noun (comfort — uncountable; a comfort, comforts); verb (comfort, comforts, comforted, comforting)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Comfort is a pleasant feeling of being relaxed, warm and free from pain or worry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/comfort/#m1)

2) To comfort someone means to make them feel less sad or scared. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/comfort/#m2)

3) A comfort is a person or thing that makes you feel better. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/comfort/#m3)

4) Comforts are things that make life easy and pleasant, like a warm bed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/comfort/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

Interpretation: Isaac was comforted for his mother. The tradition reads it as a model of comforting mourners, which Jewish law holds as a duty. Isaiah's "Comfort ye, my people" opens the seven readings of comfort after Tisha B'Av, promising God will console Israel. In the primary lessons: In everyday life you comfort a friend who is upset with kind words or a hug. In stories comfort shows care between characters. In shops and homes, clothes and chairs are made for comfort. Phrases: «comfort someone», «take comfort in», «in comfort», «a comfort to», «comfort zone», «home comforts», «comfort food», «too close for comfort».

### examples

- And Isaac was comforted for his mother. (Torah GEN.24.67, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/comfort/#x1)
- Now therefore fear ye not; I will sustain you, and your little ones.' And he comforted them, and spoke kindly unto them. (Torah GEN.50.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/comfort/#x2)
- And in process of time Shua's daughter, the wife of Judah, died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheep-shearers to Timnah, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite. (Torah GEN.38.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/comfort/#x3)
- How then comfort ye me in vain? (Writings JOB.21.34, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/comfort/#x4)
- Comfort ye, comfort ye My people, saith your God. (Prophets ISA.40.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/comfort/#x5)
- Thou wilt increase my greatness, and turn and comfort me. (Writings PSA.71.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/comfort/#x6)
- I comforted my little brother when he fell over. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/comfort/#x7)
- The cat was a great comfort to Grandma. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/comfort/#x8)
- These shoes are made for comfort, not speed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/comfort/#x9)
- She took comfort in her friends' kind words. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/comfort/#x10)
- We sat in comfort by the fire. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/comfort/#x11)
- Trying a new sport takes you out of your comfort zone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/comfort/#x12)
- Soup is my favourite comfort food. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/comfort/#x13)
- The storm came too close for comfort. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/comfort/#x14)

### note

Verb is regular: comforted, comforting. Adjective «comfortable» (often said COMF-ta-ble). «Comfort» (help, ease) is not «comfit» (a sweet). Comforting someone does not mean making a problem disappear; it means showing you care.

### In the corpora

- [And Isaac was comforted for his mother.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.694/)
- [And the soul of king David failed with longing for Absalom; for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.383/)
- [Comfort ye, comfort ye My people, saith your God.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.836/)
- [As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1420/)
- [Though I would take comfort against sorrow, my heart is faint within me.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.258/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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