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# desolation

«desolation» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a state of being empty, ruined and bare, with nothing living** — 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 (desolations)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Desolation is a state of being empty, ruined and bare, with nothing living. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/desolation/#m1)

2) Desolation is great sadness and loneliness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/desolation/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Leviticus it is part of the warning of what would happen if Israel broke the covenant. Interpretation: Tradition reads the warning as a call to keep the covenant. Later teachers connected it with the exile and the destruction of the Temple. In the primary lessons: in tales, a land or town left ruined after a flood, war or storm.

### examples

- And I will bring the land into desolation; and your enemies that dwell therein shall be astonished at it. (Torah LEV.26.32, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/desolation/#x1)
- And I will make your cities a waste, and will bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours. (Torah LEV.26.31, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/desolation/#x2)
- And you will I scatter among the nations, and I will draw out the sword after you; and your land shall be a desolation, and your cities shall be a waste. (Torah LEV.26.33, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/desolation/#x3)
- How are they become a desolation in a moment! (Writings PSA.73.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/desolation/#x4)
- How is Babylon become a desolation among the nations! (Prophets JER.50.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/desolation/#x5)
- Terror and the pit are come upon us, desolation and destruction. (Writings LAM.3.47, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/desolation/#x6)
- The flood left only desolation behind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/desolation/#x7)
- We walked through the desolation of the burnt village. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/desolation/#x8)
- Her desolation grew each day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/desolation/#x9)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [And I will bring the land into desolation; and your enemies that dwell therein shall be astonished at it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.820/)
- [So Joshua burnt Ai, and made it a heap for ever, even a desolation, unto this day.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.183/)
- [In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten unto ruin.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.498/)
- [Thy holy cities are become a wilderness, Zion is become a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1373/)
- [And this whole land shall be a desolation, and a waste; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.682/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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