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# remedy

«remedy» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **A medicine or treatment that cures or helps an illness** — 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

noun (a remedy, remedies); verb (remedy, remedies, remedied, remedying)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A medicine or treatment that cures or helps an illness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/remedy/#m1)

2) A way to fix a problem. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/remedy/#m2)

3) (verb, formal) To put right or fix: remedy the situation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/remedy/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Proverbs and Chronicles it means a cure or a way of being healed; "without remedy" means no chance of repair. Interpretation: The sages read these verses as warnings that people who keep refusing correction may lose the chance to turn back, though repentance is always urged. In the primary lessons: In everyday life and health, home remedies like honey for a cough. In stories and history, herbal remedies. In formal language, «remedy the problem». Phrases: home remedy, herbal remedy, a remedy for.

### examples

- He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck shall suddenly be broken, and that without remedy. (Writings PRO.29.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/remedy/#x1)
- Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; on a sudden shall he be broken, and that without remedy. (Writings PRO.6.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/remedy/#x2)
- but they mocked the messengers of God, and despised His words, and scoffed at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against His people, till there was no remedy. (Writings 2CH.36.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/remedy/#x3)
- Honey and lemon is a remedy for a sore throat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/remedy/#x4)
- Grandma has a remedy for everything. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/remedy/#x5)
- There is no remedy for the common cold. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/remedy/#x6)
- We need a remedy for the noise in class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/remedy/#x7)
- The school remedied the problem with new heaters. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/remedy/#x8)
- Some old remedies don't really work. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/remedy/#x9)
- Avoid a remedy that is worse than the disease. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/remedy/#x10)

### note

Plural: remedies; past: remedied (y to i). Safety: some «natural remedies» are myths and can be harmful; ask a doctor.

### In the corpora

- [Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; on a sudden shall he be broken, and that without remedy.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.156/)
- [He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck shall suddenly be broken, and that without remedy.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.833/)
- [Tu Youyou used one: she tested an old Chinese remedy and found a malaria medicine that won a Nobel Prize.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/60-china-mei-s-exaggerations-and-everyday-china/7/)
- [Natural does not mean safe: some herbal remedies can harm, or interact with other medicines.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/20-at-the-pharmacy/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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