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# vouch

«vouch» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **honest, good or telling the truth, and you will take…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (vouch, vouches, vouched, vouching), used as "vouch for"

### meaning for a pupil

1) To say that you know someone is honest, good or telling the truth, and you will take responsibility for that. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/vouch/#m1)

2) To say that something is true or good because you have seen or tried it yourself. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/vouch/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It means to speak in someone's favour and say he is honest. In Job, an angel is a defender who speaks for a person. Interpretation: The tradition takes this as the idea that good deeds and repentance act like advocates before God. In the primary lessons: It almost always comes as "vouch for". If a friend vouches for you, they put their own good name behind you. In stories, someone may refuse to vouch for a suspicious stranger. In everyday life, a teacher or a neighbour may vouch for a person who wants a job. Phrases: "vouch for someone", "I can vouch for that", "can't vouch for".

### examples

- If there be for him an angel, an intercessor, one among a thousand, to vouch for a man's uprightness; (Writings JOB.33.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/vouch/#x1)
- I can vouch for Sam; he would never steal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/vouch/#x2)
- The teacher vouched for her honesty. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/vouch/#x3)
- I can vouch for this pizza place; it's brilliant. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/vouch/#x4)
- Nobody could vouch for the stranger, so he was not let in. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/vouch/#x5)
- Mum vouched for my story about the broken window. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/vouch/#x6)
- I can't vouch for the weather tomorrow! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/vouch/#x7)

### note

Regular verb: vouch, vouches, vouched. Nearly always followed by "for". Rhymes with "couch" and "pouch". Related noun: voucher (a ticket you can swap for goods or money), which comes from the same root. Only vouch for someone you really know: it means you share the blame if they let people down.

### In the corpora

- [If there be for him an angel, an intercessor, one among a thousand, to vouch for a man's uprightness;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.867/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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