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# suffer

«suffer» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **to feel pain, illness, sadness or other bad things** — 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 (suffer, suffers, suffered, suffering)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To suffer is to feel pain, illness, sadness or other bad things. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/suffer/#m1)

2) To have a bad thing happen to you: suffer a defeat, suffer damage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/suffer/#m2)

3) To become worse because of something: your work will suffer if you do not sleep. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/suffer/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Mostly the old sense "to allow or let": God did not let Abimelech touch Sarah, and "thou shalt not suffer a sorceress to live" means "do not allow her to live." "Suffer me, that I may speak" means "allow me." In Proverbs and Job it also has the usual meaning of feeling pain or going through hunger. Interpretation: The commandment about the sorceress is read by the rabbis as forbidding sorcery that is really practiced, and they limit when the death penalty applies. Job's plea to be allowed to speak is read as a man asking for a fair hearing. In the primary lessons: Used in health and science: animals suffer if not cared for; people suffer from hay fever or asthma. In history and stories: people suffered in wars and famines. Phrases: "suffer from", "suffer in silence".

### examples

- Therefore suffered I thee not to touch her. (Torah GEN.20.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/suffer/#x1)
- Thou shalt not suffer a sorceress to live. (Torah EXO.22.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/suffer/#x2)
- and didst not suffer me to kiss my sons and my daughters? now hast thou done foolishly. (Torah GEN.31.28, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/suffer/#x3)
- Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and the idle soul shall suffer hunger. (Writings PRO.19.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/suffer/#x4)
- That would not suffer me to take my breath, but fill me with bitterness. (Writings JOB.9.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/suffer/#x5)
- Suffer me, that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on. (Writings JOB.21.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/suffer/#x6)
- She suffers from hay fever in the spring. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/suffer/#x7)
- Animals should never be left to suffer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/suffer/#x8)
- The team suffered a big defeat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/suffer/#x9)
- The town suffered damage in the flood. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/suffer/#x10)
- Your schoolwork will suffer if you stay up too late. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/suffer/#x11)
- Don't suffer in silence; tell an adult if you are hurt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/suffer/#x12)
- Then everybody in the jungle suffers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/suffer/#x13)

### note

Regular verb: suffered, suffering (one r is not doubled because the stress is on "SUF"). Noun: suffering. Use "suffer from" with illnesses.

### In the corpora

- [Therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.528/)
- [And your father hath mocked me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.940/)
- [and didst not suffer me to kiss my sons and my daughters? now hast thou done foolishly.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.965/)
- [Thou shalt not suffer a sorceress to live.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.633/)
- [So David checked his men with these words, and suffered them not to rise against Saul.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.703/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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