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# ravish

«ravish» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **To seize a woman by force and violate her** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb

### meaning for a pupil

To seize a woman by force and violate her. (Old English also meant to carry off or enchant.) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/ravish/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It means rape, a crime of war in Lamentations and Isaiah. In Proverbs it means to be carried away by a wrong desire. Interpretation: The tradition counts such cruelty among the worst sins and sees the pain of the conquered city. Proverbs warns people to stay faithful in marriage.

### examples

- They have ravished the women in Zion, the maidens in the cities of Judah. (Writings LAM.5.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/ravish/#x1)
- Why then wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of an alien? (Writings PRO.5.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/ravish/#x2)
- Their babes also shall be dashed in pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished. (Prophets ISA.13.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/ravish/#x3)

### note

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

### In the corpora

- [Their babes also shall be dashed in pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.292/)
- [A lovely hind and a graceful doe, let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; with her love be thou ravished always.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.136/)
- [Why then wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of an alien?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.137/)
- [They have ravished the women in Zion, the maidens in the cities of Judah.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/LAM.154/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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