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# inherit

«inherit» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **to receive them from someone after they die** — 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 (inherit, inherits, inherited, inheriting)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To inherit money, a house or things is to receive them from someone after they die. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/inherit/#m1)

2) To inherit a feature is to get it from your parents through your genes: inherit blue eyes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/inherit/#m2)

3) To inherit a problem or job is to take it over from someone before you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/inherit/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Torah it often means to take lasting possession of the Land that God promised. Interpretation: Tradition reads the Land as a gift from God that Israel receives as heirs of the promise to Abraham. In the primary lessons: Science (inherited characteristics, genes), adult life and law (wills, inheritance), stories (the youngest son inherited a cat), Bible («the meek shall inherit the earth»).

### examples

- And he said: 'O Lord GOD, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?' (Torah GEN.15.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/inherit/#x1)
- By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land. (Torah EXO.23.30, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/inherit/#x2)
- Justice, justice shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. (Torah DEU.16.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/inherit/#x3)
- The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever. (Writings PSA.37.29, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/inherit/#x4)
- His soul shall abide in prosperity; and his seed shall inherit the land. (Writings PSA.25.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/inherit/#x5)
- The wise shall inherit honour; but as for the fools, they carry away shame. (Writings PRO.3.35, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/inherit/#x6)
- She inherited her grandmother's ring. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/inherit/#x7)
- I inherited my dad's curly hair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/inherit/#x8)
- Children inherit genes from both parents. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/inherit/#x9)
- In the story, the miller's son inherited only a cat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/inherit/#x10)
- The new coach inherited a losing team. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/inherit/#x11)
- Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/inherit/#x12)
- My father is old, and if he dies I shall inherit his goods.’ [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/inherit/#x13)

### note

Noun: inheritance; person: heir. In science: inherited features (eye colour) come from parents; learned skills (riding a bike) are not inherited.

### In the corpora

- [And he said: 'O Lord GOD, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.384/)
- [By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.679/)
- [Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot; according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.970/)
- [We will not return unto our houses, until the children of Israel have inherited every man his inheritance.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.1166/)
- [Justice, justice shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.475/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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