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# sunder

«sunder» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **To break or split something apart, or to cut it in two** — 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 break or split something apart, or to cut it in two. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sunder/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Here it often describes God's power, as when He split the Red Sea or broke iron bars. Interpretation: Tradition sees the splitting of the sea as a great sign of God's mercy and power over nature.

### examples

- They are joined one to another; they stick together, that they cannot be sundered. (Writings JOB.41.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sunder/#x1)
- To Him who divided the Red Sea in sunder, for His mercy endureth for ever; (Writings PSA.136.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sunder/#x2)
- For He hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder. (Writings PSA.107.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sunder/#x3)

### note

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

### In the corpora

- [And now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds in sunder.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/NAM.16/)
- [He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke their bands in sunder.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1968/)
- [For He hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1970/)
- [To Him who divided the Red Sea in sunder, for His mercy endureth for ever;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.2491/)
- [They are joined one to another; they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.1140/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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