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# oppress

«oppress» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **to treat them cruelly and unfairly, keeping them under…** — 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 (oppresses, oppressed, oppressing)

### meaning for a pupil

To oppress people is to treat them cruelly and unfairly, keeping them under hard control. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/oppress/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: The Torah forbids oppressing the stranger, because Israel was once oppressed as strangers in Egypt. Interpretation: Tradition teaches that Israel should remember its own slavery to treat the stranger and the weak kindly, a lesson told at Passover. In the primary lessons: in stories a cruel ruler oppresses the people and takes away their freedom

### examples

- And a stranger shalt thou not wrong, neither shalt thou oppress him; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. (Torah EXO.22.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/oppress/#x1)
- And a stranger shalt thou not oppress; for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. (Torah EXO.23.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/oppress/#x2)
- And now, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto Me; moreover I have seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them. (Torah EXO.3.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/oppress/#x3)
- From the wicked that oppress, my deadly enemies, that compass me about. (Writings PSA.17.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/oppress/#x4)
- Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city! (Prophets ZEP.3.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/oppress/#x5)
- Be surety for Thy servant for good; let not the proud oppress me. (Writings PSA.119.122, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/oppress/#x6)
- The wicked king oppressed the poor villagers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/oppress/#x7)
- No one should oppress another person. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/oppress/#x8)
- The people rose up against the soldiers who oppressed them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/oppress/#x9)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [And a stranger shalt thou not wrong, neither shalt thou oppress him; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.636/)
- [And Hazael king of Aram oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.412/)
- [Learn to do well; seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.17/)
- [O LORD, I am oppressed, be Thou my surety.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.818/)
- [Oppressed is Ephraim, crushed in his right; because he willingly walked after filth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/HOS.69/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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