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# sustain

«sustain» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **to keep it going for a long time** — 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 (sustain, sustains, sustained, sustaining)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To sustain something is to keep it going for a long time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sustain/#m1)

2) To sustain someone is to give them the food, strength or support they need to live. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sustain/#m2)

3) To sustain an injury or damage is to suffer it (formal). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sustain/#m3)

4) To sustain a weight is to hold it up without breaking. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sustain/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: To keep someone alive by giving food and care. Interpretation: Joseph's promise to sustain his brothers and their children is seen as an example of kindness and forgiveness. In Sefer Yetzirah the holy temple "sustains" the six directions. In the primary lessons: In science lessons food and water sustain life, and «sustainable» means using resources so they don't run out. In the news people «sustain injuries» in accidents. In sport you sustain effort or a lead. Phrases: sustain life, sustain an injury, sustained effort.

### examples

- Now therefore fear ye not; I will sustain you, and your little ones.' And he comforted them, and spoke kindly unto them. (Torah GEN.50.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sustain/#x1)
- and there will I sustain thee; for there are yet five years of famine; lest thou come to poverty, thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast. (Torah GEN.45.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sustain/#x2)
- These seven double letters point out the dimensions, East, West, height, depth, North, South, with the holy temple in the middle, sustaining all things. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sustain/#x3)
- My soul melteth away for heaviness; sustain me according unto Thy word. (Writings PSA.119.28, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sustain/#x4)
- The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a broken spirit who can bear? (Writings PRO.18.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sustain/#x5)
- And the king said unto Barzillai: 'Come thou over with me, and I will sustain thee with me in Jerusalem.' (Prophets 2SA.19.34, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sustain/#x6)
- Plants need sunlight to sustain life. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sustain/#x7)
- A good breakfast will sustain you until lunch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sustain/#x8)
- The runner could not sustain her speed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sustain/#x9)
- Two people sustained minor injuries in the crash. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sustain/#x10)
- The bridge can sustain heavy lorries. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sustain/#x11)
- Christians believe God sustains the world. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sustain/#x12)
- The class sustained their attention for the whole film. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sustain/#x13)
- Perhaps without anything to sustain life I may drag on my existence for a day or two. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sustain/#x14)

### note

Formal word. Past: sustained. Nouns: sustenance (food), sustainability. «Sustain an injury» is a formal way of saying «get hurt».

### In the corpora

- [And the king said unto Barzillai: 'Come thou over with me, and I will sustain thee with me in Jerusalem.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.589/)
- [I lay me down, and I sleep; I awake, for the LORD sustaineth me.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.26/)
- [Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and He will sustain thee; He will never suffer the righteous to be moved.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.914/)
- [My soul melteth away for heaviness; sustain me according unto Thy word.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.2191/)
- [The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a broken spirit who can bear?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.518/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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