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# withered

«withered» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **dried up and shrunk, like an old plant or flower** — 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

adjective; verb form (the past form of «wither»: wither, withers, withered, withering)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Withered means dried up and shrunk, like an old plant or flower. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/withered/#m1)

2) Withered can describe old, wrinkled skin or weak limbs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/withered/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: The Torah uses it for thin ears of grain in Pharaoh's dream. The psalms and prophets use withered grass as a picture of a weak, sad person, and Jonah's gourd withers after a worm strikes it. Interpretation: In Pharaoh's dream, the thin withered ears stand for years of famine. Joseph reads the dream as a message from God about what is coming. The withered grass of the psalms is read as a picture of human frailty. In the primary lessons: In science, plants wither without water. In stories, a withered tree or hand shows age or illness; in the Bible Jesus heals a man with a withered hand. Phrases: withered flowers, a withered hand.

### examples

- And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them. (Torah GEN.41.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/withered/#x1)
- My days are like a lengthening shadow; and I am withered like grass. (Writings PSA.102.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/withered/#x2)
- My heart is smitten like grass, and withered; for I forget to eat my bread. (Writings PSA.102.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/withered/#x3)
- But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd, that it withered. (Prophets JON.4.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/withered/#x4)
- The flowers withered in the heat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/withered/#x5)
- The withered leaves fell from the tree. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/withered/#x6)
- Grandma's hands are withered with age. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/withered/#x7)
- Christians read that Jesus healed a man with a withered hand. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/withered/#x8)
- The withered plant needed water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/withered/#x9)
- The apple was withered and brown. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/withered/#x10)
- His body became like a withered tree. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/withered/#x11)

### note

Past form of «wither». Opposite: fresh, blooming.

### In the corpora

- [And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1323/)
- [The grains shrivel under their hoes; the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOL.17/)
- [But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd, that it withered.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JON.48/)
- [My heart is smitten like grass, and withered; for I forget to eat my bread.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1775/)
- [My days are like a lengthening shadow; and I am withered like grass.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1782/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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