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# plunder

«plunder» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **to take goods from a place by force, as robbers or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (plunders, plundered, plundering); noun (no plural)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To plunder is to take goods from a place by force, as robbers or invaders do. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/plunder/#m1)

2) Plunder is the goods taken in this way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/plunder/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It means to rob by force, as invaders do. Jeremiah speaks to Babylon, which robbed Israel, God's own people. Interpretation: Tradition reads it as God warning that those who harm His people will be judged. In the primary lessons: in stories, robbers or conquerors carry off treasure and property from a town or land; the word is about taking things, not about counting them

### examples

- Because ye are glad, because ye rejoice, O ye that plunder My heritage, because ye gambol as a heifer at grass, and neigh as strong horses; (Prophets JER.50.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/plunder/#x1)
- I must go and conquer them and bring back all the plunder of which they have robbed this land. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/plunder/#x2)
- The robbers plundered the village and rode away with the gold. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/plunder/#x3)
- The pirates hid their plunder in a cave. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/plunder/#x4)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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