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# encourage

«encourage» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **to give them hope, confidence or support so they keep trying** — 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 (encourage, encourages, encouraged, encouraging)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To encourage someone is to give them hope, confidence or support so they keep trying. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/encourage/#m1)

2) To encourage something is to help it happen or grow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/encourage/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: God tells Moses to strengthen Joshua because he will lead Israel into the land in Moses' place. Interpretation: Tradition sees this as the model of passing leadership on. Moses' last act is to help his successor. In the primary lessons: In school life teachers and friends encourage each other: «You can do it!», «Keep going!». In PE pupils cheer and encourage teammates. In science sunlight and water encourage plants to grow; good habits encourage health. Phrases: encourage someone to do something, encouraging words, words of encouragement.

### examples

- Joshua the son of Nun, who standeth before thee, he shall go in thither; encourage thou him, for he shall cause Israel to inherit it. (Torah DEU.1.38, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/encourage/#x1)
- But charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him; for he shall go over before this people, and he shall cause them to inherit the land which thou shalt see.' (Torah DEU.3.28, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/encourage/#x2)
- We encourage the use of public domain materials for these purposes and may be able to help. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/encourage/#x3)
- In the day that I called, Thou didst answer me; Thou didst encourage me in my soul with strength. (Writings PSA.138.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/encourage/#x4)
- And he set the priests in their charges, and encouraged them to the service of the house of the LORD. (Writings 2CH.35.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/encourage/#x5)
- They encourage one another in an evil matter; they converse of laying snares secretly; they ask, who would see them. (Writings PSA.64.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/encourage/#x6)
- My teacher encouraged me to read more. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/encourage/#x7)
- We cheered to encourage the runners. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/encourage/#x8)
- Mum encourages me to try new food. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/encourage/#x9)
- Warm weather encourages plants to grow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/encourage/#x10)
- Her kind words were very encouraging. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/encourage/#x11)
- Encourage your friends when they find things hard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/encourage/#x12)
- The coach encouraged us to keep trying. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/encourage/#x13)
- The young man, thus encouraged, began his tale. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/encourage/#x14)

### note

Regular verb (encouraged). Pattern: «encourage someone to do something». Noun: encouragement. Opposite: discourage. Spelling: en-cour-age, like «courage» with «en» in front.

### In the corpora

- [They encourage one another in an evil matter; they converse of laying snares secretly; they ask, who would see them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1036/)
- [In the day that I called, Thou didst answer me; Thou didst encourage me in my soul with strength.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.2517/)
- [And he set the priests in their charges, and encouraged them to the service of the house of the LORD.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.832/)
- [Teachers do much more than explain facts: they care, notice and encourage, which robots cannot really do.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/25-future-fears-rules/14/)
- [Being proud of your effort encourages you to keep improving.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/93-boredom-excitement-and-pride/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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