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# possessed

«possessed» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **Had or owned** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective; past form of the verb possess

### meaning for a pupil

1) (past form, formal) Had or owned. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/possessed/#m1)

2) (adjective) Controlled by an evil spirit or a very strong feeling, as in ghost stories. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/possessed/#m2)

3) possessed of (formal, old): having a quality. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/possessed/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Past tense of possess: took and owned, as when Israel took the land of its defeated enemies. In the primary lessons: In ghost stories: "the house was possessed". In formal maths problems: "Tom possessed 15 cards" just means he had 15. Phrases: like a man possessed (doing something with wild energy), possessed by.

### examples

- So they smote him, and his sons, and all his people, until there was none left him remaining; and they possessed his land. (Torah NUM.21.35, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/possessed/#x1)
- And the LORD thy God will bring thee into the land which thy fathers possessed, and thou shalt possess it; and He will do thee good, and multiply thee above thy fathers. (Torah DEU.30.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/possessed/#x2)
- And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from the Arnon unto the Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon; for the border of the children of Ammon was strong. (Torah NUM.21.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/possessed/#x3)
- So the LORD gave unto Israel all the land which He swore to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein. (Prophets JOS.21.43, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/possessed/#x4)
- And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek; and he went and smote Israel, and they possessed the city of palm-trees. (Prophets JDG.3.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/possessed/#x5)
- And they possessed all the border of the Amorites, from the Arnon even unto the Jabbok, and from the wilderness even unto the Jordan. (Prophets JDG.11.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/possessed/#x6)
- Tom possessed 15 cards before the game. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/possessed/#x7)
- In the film, the doll was possessed by a ghost. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/possessed/#x8)
- He ran like a man possessed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/possessed/#x9)
- She possessed great courage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/possessed/#x10)
- The old knight possessed a magic sword. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/possessed/#x11)
- What possessed you to paint the cat? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/possessed/#x12)
- A WOMAN possessed a Hen that gave her an egg every day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/possessed/#x13)

### note

See also "possess". "Like someone possessed" means very fast or wildly. In maths, "possessed" gives the starting amount.

### In the corpora

- [The Rat: «He is now possessed.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/32-willows-ch2-part4-the-wreck-and-the-new-craze/27/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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