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# vex

«vex» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **To annoy, worry or upset someone, especially about small…** — 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 (vex, vexes, vexed, vexing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To annoy, worry or upset someone, especially about small things. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/vex/#m1)

2) (formal) To puzzle someone; a "vexed question" is one that is hard to answer and that people argue about. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/vex/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It means to trouble, torment or provoke someone. Hannah's rival upsets her, and Delilah pressures Samson. Interpretation: Tradition takes Hannah's bitter prayer as a model of heartfelt prayer, and it sees Samson's weakness as a warning. In the primary lessons: It is an old-fashioned or written word; in everyday speech people say "annoy" or "bother". You find it in classic stories, the Bible and poems. "Vexed" means annoyed; "vexing" means annoying. "A vexed question" is a hard, much-argued problem. Phrases: "vexed with someone", "a vexed question", "a vexing problem".

### examples

- How long will ye vex my soul, and crush me with words? (Writings JOB.19.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/vex/#x1)
- And her rival vexed her sore, to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb. (Prophets 1SA.1.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/vex/#x2)
- And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, that his soul was vexed unto death. (Prophets JDG.16.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/vex/#x3)
- The noisy neighbours vexed my grandad. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/vex/#x4)
- She was vexed that her brother had eaten the last biscuit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/vex/#x5)
- The missing piece of the puzzle vexed us all afternoon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/vex/#x6)
- Do not vex your mother by being late. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/vex/#x7)
- Climate change is a vexed question that people argue about. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/vex/#x8)
- It was a vexing problem, but we solved it in the end. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/vex/#x9)
- The king was vexed when his orders were ignored. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/vex/#x10)
- "Well, I'm sorry if I've vexed you," said Lionel. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/vex/#x11)

### note

Regular verb: vex, vexes, vexed. The -es ending is because it ends in x. It is an older, more formal word: in a story it often shows the character is cross. "Vexed" is not as strong as "furious".

### In the corpora

- [And her rival vexed her sore, to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.6/)
- [How long will ye vex my soul, and crush me with words?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.468/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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