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# overturn

«overturn» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **to turn over, or make something turn over, so the bottom…** — 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 (overturn, overturns, overturned, overturning)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To overturn is to turn over, or make something turn over, so the bottom is on top: the boat overturned. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/overturn/#m1)

2) (law) To overturn a decision is to change it officially and say it was wrong: the judge overturned the ruling. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/overturn/#m2)

3) To overturn an idea is to show it is wrong or replace it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/overturn/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Job, God holds back the waters and then sends them out, so that they overturn the earth. Interpretation: Tradition reads it as showing God's total power over nature, who can both hold back and release. In the primary lessons: In stories and news: overturned boats, cars or tables. In law and citizenship: overturning a verdict or a ban. In science: new discoveries can overturn old ideas. In the Bible: Jesus overturned the tables of the money changers in the Temple.

### examples

- Behold, He withholdeth the waters, and they dry up; also He sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth. (Writings JOB.12.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/overturn/#x1)
- The canoe overturned and we fell into the lake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/overturn/#x2)
- The wind overturned our tent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/overturn/#x3)
- Jesus overturned the tables of the money changers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/overturn/#x4)
- The court overturned the unfair decision. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/overturn/#x5)
- The lorry overturned on the motorway. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/overturn/#x6)
- New fossils overturned the old idea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/overturn/#x7)

### note

Past: overturned. Similar: capsize (for boats), tip over, knock over. In law the opposite is uphold (keep the decision).

### In the corpora

- [Who removeth the mountains, and they know it not, when He overturneth them in His anger.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.202/)
- [Behold, He withholdeth the waters, and they dry up; also He sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.297/)
- [He putteth forth his hand upon the flinty rock; He overturneth the mountains by the roots.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.702/)
- [Therefore He taketh knowledge of their works; and He overturneth them in the night, so that they are crushed.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.906/)
- [Jesus overturned the traders' tables in the Temple, saying, «My house shall be a house of prayer».](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/18-the-last-supper-and-the-crucifixion/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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