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# ordained

«ordained» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **made a priest, minister or religious leader in a special…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb past form (ordain, ordains, ordained, ordaining); adjective (ordained)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Ordained means made a priest, minister or religious leader in a special ceremony. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/ordained/#m1)

2) (formal) Ordained means ordered or decided by someone with power, like a law or a king. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/ordained/#m2)

3) Ordained can mean decided by fate or by God. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/ordained/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Here it means set up or established by God, as in "God ordained a covenant." Interpretation: Sefer Yetzirah says God set a covenant on the toes and on the fingers, and that He made the thirty-two paths of wisdom, which the tradition counts as the ten Sefirot and twenty-two letters. In the primary lessons: It appears in religious education and history about priests, ministers and rabbis. In old stories it shows something was meant to happen or was commanded. Phrases: «be ordained a priest», «ordained minister», «divinely ordained».

### examples

- God ordained a covenant between the toes of his feet, that of circumcision; and a covenant between the fingers of his hands, that of the Tongue. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/ordained/#x1)
- Thirty-two mysterious ways has the Lord, Lord of hosts, ordained through Scribe, Script, and Scroll. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/ordained/#x2)
- "Thirty-two mysterious ways has the Lord, the Lord of hosts, ordained through Scribe, Script and Scroll." (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/ordained/#x3)
- Thou hast ordained Thy precepts, that we should observe them diligently. (Writings PSA.119.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/ordained/#x4)
- O LORD, Thou hast ordained them for judgment, and Thou, O Rock, hast established them for correction. (Prophets HAB.1.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/ordained/#x5)
- He was ordained a priest last year. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/ordained/#x6)
- She is an ordained minister in her church. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/ordained/#x7)
- The ordained leader blessed the children. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/ordained/#x8)
- The king ordained that a feast be held. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/ordained/#x9)
- In the story, it seemed ordained that they would meet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/ordained/#x10)
- Only ordained ministers could lead the service. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/ordained/#x11)
- Our vicar was ordained in the cathedral. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/ordained/#x12)
- The rules were ordained long ago. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/ordained/#x13)
- And so the Emperor ordained that a bridge should be made the whole way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/ordained/#x14)

### note

Regular verb: ordain, ordained. Mostly used in the passive: «was ordained». Formal or religious word; ordinary speech uses «made a priest» or «ordered». Related noun: ordination.

### In the corpora

- [O LORD, Thou hast ordained them for judgment, and Thou, O Rock, hast established them for correction.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/HAB.15/)
- [Thou hast ordained Thy precepts, that we should observe them diligently.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.2166/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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