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# refine

«refine» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **To make something purer or better by taking out what is…** — 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

verb

### meaning for a pupil

To make something purer or better by taking out what is not wanted. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/refine/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Job, people refine gold in a mine. In Jeremiah, the founder refines in vain because the wicked are not separated out. In Daniel, some wise people stumble to refine and purify others until the time of the end. Interpretation: The refining of metal is a picture of testing and cleaning people. Tradition reads Daniel as meaning that hard times can purify the faithful.

### examples

- For there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold which they refine. (Writings JOB.28.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/refine/#x1)
- The bellows blow fiercely, the lead is consumed of the fire; in vain doth the founder refine, for the wicked are not separated. (Prophets JER.6.29, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/refine/#x2)
- And some of them that are wise shall stumble, to refine among them, and to purify, and to make white, even to the time of the end; for it is yet for the time appointed. (Writings DAN.11.35, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/refine/#x3)

### note

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

### In the corpora

- [Behold, I have refined thee, but not as silver; I have tried thee in the furnace of affliction.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1068/)
- [The words of the LORD are pure words, as silver tried in a crucible on the earth, refined seven times.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.152/)
- [For Thou, O God, hast tried us; Thou hast refined us, as silver is refined.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1069/)
- [The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but the LORD trieth the hearts.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.479/)
- [For there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold which they refine.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.694/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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