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# murder

«murder» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **The crime of killing a person on purpose** — 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

noun (murder, a murder, murders); verb (murder, murders, murdered, murdering)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The crime of killing a person on purpose. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/murder/#m1)

2) Verb: to kill a person on purpose, against the law. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/murder/#m2)

3) (informal) Something very hard or unpleasant: The traffic was murder today. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/murder/#m3)

4) (informal) To do something very badly: She murdered that song. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/murder/#m4)

5) (informal, «could murder») To want something very much: I could murder a cup of tea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/murder/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

Interpretation: The Torah treats murder as one of the gravest sins, because every person is made in God's image. The prophets and psalms name murder among the great sins of a corrupt society, such as killing the widow, the stranger and the orphan. In the primary lessons: In stories, especially mysteries and crime novels, a murder is the puzzle detectives solve. In news it is a very serious crime. In everyday UK and Irish talk «murder» often means «really hard» or «really want». «Get away with murder» means to do bad things and not be punished.

### examples

- They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless. (Writings PSA.94.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/murder/#x1)
- Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and offer unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye have not known, (Prophets JER.7.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/murder/#x2)
- And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so doth the company of priests; they murder in the way toward Shechem; yea, they commit enormity. (Prophets HOS.6.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/murder/#x3)
- The detective solved the murder in the last chapter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/murder/#x4)
- Murder is one of the worst crimes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/murder/#x5)
- Climbing that hill on a bike is murder! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/murder/#x6)
- I could murder a sandwich right now. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/murder/#x7)
- He murdered the high notes in the song. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/murder/#x8)
- My little sister gets away with murder. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/murder/#x9)
- A group of crows is called a murder. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/murder/#x10)
- He was accused of nothing less than murder. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/murder/#x11)

### note

Murder means on purpose; killing by accident is not murder. Noun for the person: murderer. «A murder of crows» is a fun group noun. The informal senses are jokes and do not mean real killing.

### In the corpora

- [Thou shalt not murder.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.566/)
- [Thou shalt not murder.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.178/)
- [They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1680/)
- [The Hatter finishes his tale: the Queen screamed «He's murdering the time!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/14-alice-a-mad-tea-party-2/1/)
- [When the Hatter sang at the concert, the Queen «bawled out» (shouted) «He's murdering the time!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/14-alice-a-mad-tea-party-2/14/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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