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# fight

«fight» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **to try to hurt someone using your body or weapons** — 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 (fight, fights, fought, fighting); noun (a fight, fights)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To fight is to try to hurt someone using your body or weapons. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fight/#m1)

2) To fight is to argue angrily. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fight/#m2)

3) To fight for or against something is to try very hard to get or stop it: fight a fire, fight an illness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fight/#m3)

4) A fight is an act of fighting or an argument. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fight/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

Interpretation: The Torah says that God fights for Israel, as at the sea, and gives rules for war, such as first offering peace to a city. The rabbis read this as showing that peace is the best choice. In the primary lessons: In school and feelings lessons, fighting with fists is never the way to solve problems: walk away, use words, get an adult. In health, the body fights germs; doctors fight illness. Firefighters fight fires. In stories, characters fight for what is right. Phrases: «pick a fight», «fight back», «fight for», «fight off», «put up a fight».

### examples

- The LORD will fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.' (Torah EXO.14.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fight/#x1)
- When thou drawest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it. (Torah DEU.20.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fight/#x2)
- for the LORD your God is He that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.' (Torah DEU.20.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fight/#x3)
- that they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord. (Prophets JOS.9.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fight/#x4)
- Strive, O LORD, with them that strive with me; fight against them that fight against me. (Writings PSA.35.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fight/#x5)
- And they told David, saying: 'Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah, and they rob the threshing-floors.' (Prophets 1SA.23.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fight/#x6)
- Don't fight — tell a teacher instead. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fight/#x7)
- My brothers fight over the remote. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fight/#x8)
- We had a silly fight about a game. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fight/#x9)
- White blood cells fight germs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fight/#x10)
- Firefighters fought the fire all night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fight/#x11)
- She fought hard to win the race. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fight/#x12)
- Walk away if someone wants a fight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fight/#x13)
- The town fought to save the old library. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fight/#x14)
- The fight was short and sharp. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fight/#x15)

### note

Irregular: fight, fought, fought («fawt»). «Fighter» is a person who fights. «Fight» about something and «fight with» someone. Do not confuse «fought» with «thought» or «fault».

### In the corpora

- [The LORD will fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.399/)
- [Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.492/)
- [Ye shall not fear them; for the LORD your God, He it is that fighteth for you.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.105/)
- [for the LORD your God is He that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.545/)
- [When thou drawest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.551/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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