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# yearning

«yearning» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **A strong, longing wish for someone or something far away…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (plural yearnings); also the -ing form of yearn

### meaning for a pupil

A strong, longing wish for someone or something far away or hard to have. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Y/yearning/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It describes deep feeling, such as God's compassion for His people or the deep love people have for something precious. Interpretation: Isaiah's cry asks God to show His mercy again. Tradition speaks of God as a loving parent who cares for Israel. In the primary lessons: in tales, a deep feeling inside someone that pulls them toward a person or thing

### examples

- Look down from heaven, and see, even from Thy holy and glorious habitation; Where is Thy zeal and Thy mighty acts, the yearning of Thy heart and Thy compassions, now restrained toward me? (Prophets ISA.63.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Y/yearning/#x1)
- And thou, son of man, shall it not be in the day when I take from them their stronghold, the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, and the yearning of their soul, their sons and their daughters, (Prophets EZK.24.25, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Y/yearning/#x2)
- She had a yearning for her far-off family. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Y/yearning/#x3)
- Before long, the cat felt a fit of yearning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Y/yearning/#x4)
- He had a yearning to travel. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Y/yearning/#x5)
- A yearning filled her heart all day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Y/yearning/#x6)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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