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# rase

«rase» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **An old spelling of "raze": to tear a building down to the…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb

### meaning for a pupil

An old spelling of "raze": to tear a building down to the ground. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rase/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It is the cry of Edom's people when Jerusalem fell, calling to tear it down to its foundations. Interpretation: The Psalm remembers Edom's cruelty with grief. The tradition sees Edom as the nation of Esau, which rejoiced when its brother fell.

### examples

- Remember, O LORD, against the children of Edom the day of Jerusalem; who said: 'Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.' (Writings PSA.137.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rase/#x1)

### note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

### Trees and pragmatics

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