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# pang

«pang» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **A sudden sharp pain or feeling** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a pang, pangs)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A sudden sharp pain or feeling. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pang/#m1)

2) A sudden strong feeling, like a pang of guilt or a pang of hunger. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pang/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: A sudden pain, here the trembling of the Philistines who hear of the Israelites' crossing of the sea. The prophets and psalms compare fear to the sharp pangs of a woman in childbirth, and the Psalms also say the wicked have no pangs at their death. Interpretation: The fear of the peoples is read as the effect on the nations of God's rescue of Israel. The pangs of a woman in travail are read as a picture of sudden, unavoidable terror and judgment. The psalmist's complaint about the wicked having no pangs is read as a puzzle of why the wicked prosper. In the primary lessons: In stories, a pang of sadness or envy tells the reader a character's feelings changed suddenly. Common phrases: «hunger pangs», «a pang of guilt», «a pang of regret».

### examples

- The peoples have heard, they tremble; pangs have taken hold on the inhabitants of Philistia. (Torah EXO.15.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pang/#x1)
- Trembling took hold of them there, pangs, as of a woman in travail. (Writings PSA.48.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pang/#x2)
- For there are no pangs at their death, and their body is sound. (Writings PSA.73.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pang/#x3)
- Shall not pangs take hold of thee, as of a woman in travail? (Prophets JER.13.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pang/#x4)
- She felt a pang of guilt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pang/#x5)
- Hunger pangs woke him up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pang/#x6)
- Mole felt a pang when he smelled his old home. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pang/#x7)
- A pang of envy hit her when she saw the bike. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pang/#x8)
- He felt a pang of sadness at leaving. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pang/#x9)
- The pangs of hunger made him grumpy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pang/#x10)
- And at this thought the pangs of hunger made him feel quite sick with fear. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pang/#x11)

### note

Plural: pangs. Sudden, short feeling.

### In the corpora

- [The peoples have heard, they tremble; pangs have taken hold on the inhabitants of Philistia.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.430/)
- [Shall not pangs take hold of thee, as of a woman in travail?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.392/)
- [Trembling took hold of them there, pangs, as of a woman in travail.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.787/)
- [For there are no pangs at their death, and their body is sound.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1222/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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