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# lighten

«lighten» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **to make it less heavy: lighten your bag** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (lighten, lightens, lightened, lightening)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To lighten something is to make it less heavy: lighten your bag. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lighten/#m1)

2) To lighten is to make or become brighter or paler in colour: the sky lightened. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lighten/#m2)

3) To lighten a mood or a job is to make it easier or happier: a joke lightened the mood. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lighten/#m3)

4) Lighten up (informal) means relax and stop being so serious. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lighten/#m4)

5) Lighten can also mean to flash with lightning, as in a storm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lighten/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: The psalmist says God makes his darkness bright and lights his eyes, so that light means rescue and life. Interpretation: Tradition reads God as the source of light in times of trouble. The prayer "lighten mine eyes" is understood as asking for life and understanding. In the primary lessons: In everyday life: lighten the load, lighten the mood. In art: lighten a colour by adding white. In stories: «Her face lightened when she saw him.» Informal: «Lighten up!»

### examples

- For Thou art my lamp, O LORD; and the LORD doth lighten my darkness. (Prophets 2SA.22.29, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lighten/#x1)
- For Thou dost light my lamp; the LORD my God doth lighten my darkness. (Writings PSA.18.29, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lighten/#x2)
- Behold Thou, and answer me, O LORD my God; lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death; (Writings PSA.13.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lighten/#x3)
- Take out some books to lighten your schoolbag. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lighten/#x4)
- The sky lightened as the sun came up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lighten/#x5)
- Add white to lighten the blue paint. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lighten/#x6)
- Grandpa's jokes lightened the mood. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lighten/#x7)
- Helping each other lightens the work. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lighten/#x8)
- Oh, lighten up — it's only a game! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lighten/#x9)
- Her face lightened when she heard the good news. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lighten/#x10)
- One night there was a dreadful storm; it thundered and lightened and the rain streamed down in torrents. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lighten/#x11)

### note

-ing form: lightening (no extra n). Trap: «lightening» (making lighter) vs «lightning» (the flash in a storm). Opposite: darken, or for weight: make heavier.

### In the corpora

- [For Thou art my lamp, O LORD; and the LORD doth lighten my darkness.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.688/)
- [Behold Thou, and answer me, O LORD my God; lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.161/)
- [For Thou dost light my lamp; the LORD my God doth lighten my darkness.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.239/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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