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# passed

«passed» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **went past; moved by something** — 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 (pass, passes, passed, passing); also adjective (passed)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (literal) went past; moved by something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/passed/#m1)

2) (literal) succeeded in a test or exam. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/passed/#m2)

3) (literal) gave something to someone (passed the salt). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/passed/#m3)

4) (euphemism, polite, mostly US) died (short for passed away). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/passed/#m4)

5) (literal) time went by. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/passed/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In the death sense, Americans especially say «he passed» to talk about death gently; in all other senses it is an everyday verb. Everyday register; the death sense is polite, mainly USA, now spreading.

### examples

- And we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab. (Torah DEU.2.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/passed/#x1)
- And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Shechem, unto the terebinth of Moreh. (Torah GEN.12.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/passed/#x2)
- So the present passed over before him; and he himself lodged that night in the camp. (Torah GEN.32.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/passed/#x3)
- Unto whom alone the land was given, and no stranger passed among them. (Writings JOB.15.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/passed/#x4)
- The proud beasts have not trodden it, nor hath the lion passed thereby. (Writings JOB.28.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/passed/#x5)
- And Ehud escaped while they lingered, having passed beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Seirah. (Prophets JDG.3.26, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/passed/#x6)
- We passed the school on the way home. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/passed/#x7)
- She passed her maths test! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/passed/#x8)
- Can you pass the salt, please? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/passed/#x9)
- His dad passed when he was little. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/passed/#x10)
- Three hours passed before the rain stopped. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/passed/#x11)
- Grandma passed peacefully in her sleep. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/passed/#x12)
- He passed the ball to his teammate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/passed/#x13)
- Many years passed by after this. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/passed/#x14)

### note

Do not confuse «passed» (verb) with «past» (noun, adjective, preposition: in the past, walked past). «He passed» alone can mean died — check the context before saying «Congratulations!». Plain word for the death sense: died.

### In the corpora

- [And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Shechem, unto the terebinth of Moreh.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.318/)
- [(32-22) So the present passed over before him; and he himself lodged that night in the camp.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1021/)
- [(32-32) And the sun rose upon him as he passed over Peniel, and he limped upon his thigh.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1031/)
- [And he himself passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1036/)
- [And we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.54/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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