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# woe

«woe» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **Great sadness or trouble** — 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

noun (woes)

### meaning for a pupil

Great sadness or trouble. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/woe/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It is a cry of sorrow in an ancient song about the fall of Moab. The prophets use "Woe" to warn people or leaders who do wrong, and also as a cry of personal pain. Interpretation: Tradition reads the prophets' woes as warnings meant to make people turn back to God, not only as threats. In the primary lessons: In tales «woe» is the sorrow that follows bad luck or a sad event.

### examples

- Woe to thee, Moab! thou art undone, O people of Chemosh; he hath given his sons as fugitives, and his daughters into captivity, unto Sihon king of the Amorites. (Torah NUM.21.29, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/woe/#x1)
- Woe is me for my hurt! (Prophets JER.10.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/woe/#x2)
- Woe to the worthless shepherd that leaveth the flock! (Prophets ZEC.11.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/woe/#x3)
- Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! (Prophets AMO.5.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/woe/#x4)
- It was a scene of woe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/woe/#x5)
- She told him all her woes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/woe/#x6)
- Woe came upon the village after the storm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/woe/#x7)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [Woe unto their soul! for they have wrought evil unto themselves.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.64/)
- [Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him; for the work of his hands shall be done to him.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.66/)
- [Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope,](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.108/)
- [Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.111/)
- [Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.112/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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