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# oppression

«oppression» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **cruel and unfair treatment of people, keeping them down…** — 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 (no plural)

### meaning for a pupil

Oppression is cruel and unfair treatment of people, keeping them down and taking away their freedom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/oppression/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: The word names Egypt's hard treatment of Israel, which God saw and heard before freeing them. Interpretation: Passover tells of this oppression and God's rescue. In the primary lessons: in stories, a hero frees a land from the oppression of a tyrant

### examples

- 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/oppression/#x1)
- And we cried unto the LORD, the God of our fathers, and the LORD heard our voice, and saw our affliction, and our toil, and our oppression. (Torah DEU.26.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/oppression/#x2)
- Why go I mourning under the oppression of the enemy?' (Writings PSA.42.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/oppression/#x3)
- Why go I mourning under the oppression of the enemy? (Writings PSA.43.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/oppression/#x4)
- Wherefore hidest Thou Thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression? (Writings PSA.44.25, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/oppression/#x5)
- The people suffered under the oppression of the cruel king. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/oppression/#x6)
- The hero ended the oppression. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/oppression/#x7)
- Freedom is the opposite of oppression. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/oppression/#x8)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression; under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.124/)
- [Why go I mourning under the oppression of the enemy?'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.700/)
- [Why go I mourning under the oppression of the enemy?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.706/)
- [Wherefore hidest Thou Thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.737/)
- [Wickedness is in the midst thereof; oppression and guile depart not from her broad place.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.903/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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