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# overdrive

«overdrive» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **To drive animals too hard or too fast, so that they get…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb

### meaning for a pupil

To drive animals too hard or too fast, so that they get worn out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/overdrive/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Jacob uses it of driving his tender flocks and children too fast on the journey. Interpretation: Jacob's words are read as showing his care for the weak, who must travel at their own pace.

### examples

- And he said unto him: 'My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and that the flocks and herds giving suck are a care to me; and if they overdrive them one day, all the flocks will die. (Torah GEN.33.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/overdrive/#x1)

### note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

### Trees and pragmatics

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