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# transgress

«transgress» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **To break a rule or law; to go beyond what is allowed** — 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 a rule or law; to go beyond what is allowed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/transgress/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Torah it means to disobey God's commandment, as when Israel tried to go up to fight after being told not to. Interpretation: Tradition treats transgressing a commandment as a serious wrong that needs repentance and, in the Temple times, atonement.

### examples

- And Moses said: 'Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of the LORD, seeing it shall not prosper? (Torah NUM.14.41, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/transgress/#x1)
- Ye all have transgressed against Me, saith the LORD. (Prophets JER.2.29, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/transgress/#x2)
- We have transgressed and have rebelled; Thou hast not pardoned. (Writings LAM.3.42, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/transgress/#x3)
- Thy first father sinned, and thine intercessors have transgressed against Me. (Prophets ISA.43.27, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/transgress/#x4)

### note

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

### In the corpora

- [And Moses said: 'Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of the LORD, seeing it shall not prosper?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.564/)
- [Thy first father sinned, and thine intercessors have transgressed against Me.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.967/)
- [Ye all have transgressed against Me, saith the LORD.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.55/)
- [But they like men have transgressed the covenant; there have they dealt treacherously against Me.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/HOS.81/)
- [As a vulture he cometh against the house of the LORD; because they have transgressed My covenant, and trespassed against My law.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/HOS.104/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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