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# departed

«departed» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **Left a place, especially to start a journey (the train…** — 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 of «depart»: depart, departs, departed, departing); adjective (departed); noun (the departed)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Left a place, especially to start a journey (the train departed at 9:15). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/departed/#m1)

2) (euphemism, formal) Dead: «our dear departed grandmother». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/departed/#m2)

3) (noun, «the departed») People who have died. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/departed/#m3)

4) (formal) Changed from a usual way: «departed from tradition». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/departed/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In these verses it just means went away. Sometimes it is said of God leaving after His anger. In the primary lessons: In timetable maths: «the bus departed at 10:20 and arrived at 11:05» — find the journey time by subtracting. A polite euphemism in funerals and stories for someone who has died. Phrases: «departed from», «the dear departed», «recently departed».

### examples

- And Laban departed, and returned unto his place. (Torah GEN.31.55, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/departed/#x1)
- And they laded their asses with their corn, and departed thence. (Torah GEN.42.26, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/departed/#x2)
- And the anger of the LORD was kindled against them; and He departed. (Torah NUM.12.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/departed/#x3)
- And Nathan departed unto his house. (Prophets 2SA.12.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/departed/#x4)
- And he arose and departed, and went to Samaria. (Prophets 2KI.10.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/departed/#x5)
- So all the people departed every one to his house. (Prophets 2SA.6.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/departed/#x6)
- The train departed on time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/departed/#x7)
- The bus departed at 2:15 and arrived at 3:00, so the trip took 45 minutes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/departed/#x8)
- The ship departed for France at dawn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/departed/#x9)
- (euphemism) We lit a candle for our departed friends. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/departed/#x10)
- (euphemism) Let us remember the departed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/departed/#x11)
- He departed from his usual route to avoid the traffic. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/departed/#x12)
- The guests departed after dinner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/departed/#x13)
- Soon afterwards his mother also departed from this world. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/departed/#x14)

### note

Formal; everyday: «left», «went», «died» (or the euphemism «passed away»). Opposite: arrived. In maths: journey time = arrival time − departure time.

### In the corpora

- [And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.364/)
- [And Isaac departed thence, and encamped in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.750/)
- [And Laban departed, and returned unto his place.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.999/)
- [And they laded their asses with their corn, and departed thence.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1387/)
- [the pillar of cloud by day, and the pillar of fire by night, departed not from before the people.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.384/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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