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# conceive

«conceive» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **To form an idea or plan in the mind; to imagine or…** — 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 (conceive, conceives, conceived, conceiving)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To form an idea or plan in the mind; to imagine or understand. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/conceive/#m1)

2) To begin to have a feeling, such as love or respect, for someone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/conceive/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Torah, to conceive means to become pregnant, as the wives of Jacob did. The prophets also use it of Gomer's children in Hosea, and Job uses it as a figure: people "conceive mischief and bring forth iniquity." Interpretation: Tradition sees the birth of the tribes of Israel from Jacob's wives as the start of the Jewish people. Several mothers could conceive only with God's help. The picture of conceiving mischief shows how a wicked plan grows like a pregnancy. In the primary lessons: in tales, a king who suddenly feels great affection for a girl; a man who says "you can conceive" what he saw

### examples

- And Bilhah conceived, and bore Jacob a son. (Torah GEN.30.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/conceive/#x1)
- And Leah conceived again, and bore a sixth son to Jacob. (Torah GEN.30.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/conceive/#x2)
- And Bilhah Rachel's handmaid conceived again, and bore Jacob a second son. (Torah GEN.30.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/conceive/#x3)
- And she conceived again, and bore a daughter. (Prophets HOS.1.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/conceive/#x4)
- They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity, and their belly prepareth deceit. (Writings JOB.15.35, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/conceive/#x5)
- Now when she had weaned Lo-ruhamah, she conceived, and bore a son. (Prophets HOS.1.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/conceive/#x6)
- I cannot conceive how the cat got on the roof. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/conceive/#x7)
- The king conceived a strong affection for her. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/conceive/#x8)
- They conceived a great respect for her wisdom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/conceive/#x9)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [And Bilhah conceived, and bore Jacob a son.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.891/)
- [And Bilhah Rachel's handmaid conceived again, and bore Jacob a second son.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.893/)
- [And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bore Jacob a fifth son.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.904/)
- [And Leah conceived again, and bore a sixth son to Jacob.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.907/)
- [And she conceived, and bore a son, and said: 'God hath taken away my reproach.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.911/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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