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# hunt

«hunt» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **to chase and catch or kill wild animals for food or sport** — 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 (hunt, hunts, hunted, hunting); noun (a hunt, hunts)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To hunt is to chase and catch or kill wild animals for food or sport. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hunt/#m1)

2) To hunt for something means to search hard for it: hunt for your keys. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hunt/#m2)

3) A hunt is a search or a chase, like a treasure hunt or an Easter egg hunt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hunt/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science, predators hunt prey: lions hunt zebras, owls hunt mice; the food chain shows who hunts whom. In history, early people hunted and gathered food. In everyday life children go on scavenger hunts and egg hunts. Phrases: hunt for, hunt down, treasure hunt, job hunt, go hunting.

### examples

- And Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it. (Torah GEN.27.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hunt/#x1)
- Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lioness? (Writings JOB.38.39, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hunt/#x2)
- Will ye hunt the souls of My people, and save souls alive for yourselves? (Prophets EZK.13.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hunt/#x3)
- The slothful man shall not hunt his prey; but the precious substance of men is to be diligent. (Writings PRO.12.27, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hunt/#x4)
- Lions hunt in groups. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hunt/#x5)
- Owls hunt at night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hunt/#x6)
- We had an Easter egg hunt in the garden. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hunt/#x7)
- I hunted everywhere for my lost shoe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hunt/#x8)
- Long ago, people hunted deer for meat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hunt/#x9)
- The class went on a treasure hunt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hunt/#x10)
- A cat hunts by waiting very still. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hunt/#x11)
- The police are hunting for the thief. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hunt/#x12)
- "The hunt is up!" cried the Prince. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hunt/#x13)

### note

Countable as a noun: a hunt, two hunts. A hunter is the one who hunts; the animal hunted is prey. «Hunt for» means search; «hunt» alone usually means chase animals.

### In the corpora

- [And Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.778/)
- [Will ye hunt the souls of My people, and save souls alive for yourselves?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.274/)
- [A slanderer shall not be established in the earth; the violent and evil man shall be hunted with thrust upon thrust.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.2563/)
- [For on account of a harlot a man is brought to a loaf of bread, but the adulteress hunteth for the precious life.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.167/)
- [The slothful man shall not hunt his prey; but the precious substance of men is to be diligent.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.348/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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