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# subvert

«subvert» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **To overturn or ruin something, especially to twist a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb

### meaning for a pupil

To overturn or ruin something, especially to twist a person's case so justice fails. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/subvert/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Interpretation: Lamentations says God does not approve of perverting justice. Tradition uses this to teach that judges must be fair. Job feels God has wronged him.

### examples

- To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not. (Writings LAM.3.36, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/subvert/#x1)
- Know now that God hath subverted my cause, and hath compassed me with His net. (Writings JOB.19.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/subvert/#x2)

### note

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

### In the corpora

- [Know now that God hath subverted my cause, and hath compassed me with His net.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.472/)
- [To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/LAM.89/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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