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# traverse

«traverse» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **to travel across or through it** — 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 (traverse, traverses, traversed, traversing); noun (a traverse, traverses)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) To traverse a place is to travel across or through it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/traverse/#m1)

2) (formal) To traverse can mean to go back and forth across something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/traverse/#m2)

3) In climbing, a traverse is a route that goes sideways across a slope or cliff. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/traverse/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Psalm it means to walk through Jerusalem's palaces and look carefully. In Jeremiah it describes a restless young camel running about. Interpretation: The psalm is read as an invitation to admire Zion and tell the next generation. Jeremiah's camel is read as Israel running after idols. In the primary lessons: In geography texts, adventure stories and formal writing: "The explorers traversed the desert". In maths, going along every edge of a shape or network is traversing it. Everyday speech says "cross". Phrases: traverse a mountain, a traverse route.

### examples

- Mark ye well her ramparts, traverse her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following. (Writings PSA.48.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/traverse/#x1)
- See thy way in the Valley, know what thou hast done; thou art a swift young camel traversing her ways; (Prophets JER.2.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/traverse/#x2)
- The explorers traversed the icy plains. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/traverse/#x3)
- It took three days to traverse the forest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/traverse/#x4)
- A bridge traverses the river. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/traverse/#x5)
- Can you traverse this shape without lifting your pencil? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/traverse/#x6)
- The climber made a slow traverse across the cliff. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/traverse/#x7)
- The searchlight traversed the dark sky. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/traverse/#x8)
- Ants traverse the garden path all day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/traverse/#x9)
- They traversed 15 km each day for 4 days, so 60 km in total. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/traverse/#x10)
- One shooting star after another traversed the sky. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/traverse/#x11)

### note

Formal; everyday: cross, go across. Pronounced TRAV-erse (also tra-VERSE as a verb). Regular: traversed.

### In the corpora

- [See thy way in the Valley, know what thou hast done; thou art a swift young camel traversing her ways;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.46/)
- [Mark ye well her ramparts, traverse her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.794/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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