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# roar

«roar» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **to make a very loud, deep sound like a lion** — 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 (roar, roars, roared, roaring); noun (a roar, roars)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To roar is to make a very loud, deep sound like a lion. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/roar/#m1)

2) A roar is that loud, deep sound, or the loud noise of a crowd, engine, wind or sea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/roar/#m2)

3) To roar with laughter is to laugh very loudly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/roar/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Used of lions and of God's voice, as in Amos, where the roaring lion is a sign of danger and of God's warning. Interpretation: Tradition reads the lion's roar as the prophet's call, since when God speaks the prophet cannot stay silent. In the primary lessons: In science and nature lessons lions and tigers roar; in stories dragons and monsters roar. In everyday life crowds roar at matches and engines roar. Phrases: «roar with laughter», «the roar of the crowd», «a roaring fire».

### examples

- The lion hath roared, who will not fear? (Prophets AMO.3.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/roar/#x1)
- Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? (Prophets AMO.3.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/roar/#x2)
- The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their food from God. (Writings PSA.104.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/roar/#x3)
- The lion roared at the zoo. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/roar/#x4)
- The crowd roared when we scored. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/roar/#x5)
- We heard the roar of the waterfall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/roar/#x6)
- Dad roared with laughter at the joke. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/roar/#x7)
- The plane roared over our heads. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/roar/#x8)
- We sat by a roaring fire. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/roar/#x9)
- The dragon gave a terrible roar. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/roar/#x10)

### note

Past: «roared». Do not confuse with «raw» (uncooked), which sounds similar in many accents. «A roaring success» means a very big success.

### In the corpora

- [They shall roar together like young lions; they shall growl as lions' whelps.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1415/)
- [Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/AMO.35/)
- [The lion hath roared, who will not fear?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/AMO.42/)
- [Though the waters thereof roar and foam, though the mountains shake at the swelling thereof.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.762/)
- [Thine adversaries have roared in the midst of Thy meeting-place; they have set up their own signs for signs.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1255/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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