[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/prey.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/) / prey [← P](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/P/) # prey «prey» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **an animal that is hunted and eaten by another animal** — 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 noun (prey, uncountable; a prey — rare); verb (prey on, preys, preyed, preying) ### meaning for a pupil 1) Prey is an animal that is hunted and eaten by another animal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/prey/#m1) 2) To prey on means to hunt and eat other animals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/prey/#m2) 3) Prey on can also mean to cheat or hurt people who are weak or easy to trick, like scammers do. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/prey/#m3) ### sense in the lessons In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Genesis it means food taken by hunting. Jacob likens Judah to a lion who has taken prey. The prophets use it for a people made helpless victims of enemies, and Job speaks of God feeding lions their prey. Interpretation: Jacob's blessing of Judah is read as promising him strength and kingship. In the Abram story, the birds of prey are read as nations that attack Israel. Jeremiah's use is read as describing Israel left open to its enemies. Job is read as showing God's care for all creatures. In the primary lessons: In science food chains, the predator hunts the prey: in fox → rabbit, the rabbit is the prey. Many prey animals have eyes on the sides of the head to see danger and use camouflage to hide. In safety: scammers and bullies prey on people who are trusting. Phrases: bird of prey, fall prey to, predator and prey. ### examples - Judah is a lion's whelp; from the prey, my son, thou art gone up. (Torah GEN.49.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/prey/#x1) - And the birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away. (Torah GEN.15.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/prey/#x2) - And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of man and of beast. (Torah NUM.31.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/prey/#x3) - Why is he become a prey? (Prophets JER.2.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/prey/#x4) - Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lioness? (Writings JOB.38.39, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/prey/#x5) - Are the birds of prey against her round about? (Prophets JER.12.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/prey/#x6) - The rabbit is prey for the fox. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/prey/#x7) - Eagles are birds of prey. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/prey/#x8) - Lions creep up on their prey. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/prey/#x9) - Spiders trap their prey in webs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/prey/#x10) - Prey animals often live in large groups for safety. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/prey/#x11) - Owls prey on mice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/prey/#x12) - Scammers prey on older people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/prey/#x13) - The zebra became prey for the crocodile. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/prey/#x14) - It is coming for its prey! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/prey/#x15) ### note Homophone: pray (to talk to God). Prey is usually uncountable: «a lot of prey», not «a lot of preys». An animal can be both predator and prey: a frog eats insects and is eaten by snakes. ### In the corpora - [And the birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.387/) - [Judah is a lion's whelp; from the prey, my son, thou art gone up.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1607/) - [Benjamin is a wolf that raveneth; in the morning he devoureth the prey, and at even he divideth the spoil.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1626/) - [Our wives and our little ones will be a prey; were it not better for us to return into Egypt?'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.525/) - [And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of man and of beast.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.1105/) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every meaning and example of «prey» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/prey/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.