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# asunder

adverb (old use, in fairy tales and old stories)

«asunder» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Apart, into pieces, split or torn apart. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/asunder/#m1)

### In the lessons

in old tales a rope, a tree or a bond breaks or splits apart

### Examples

- The tree split asunder. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/asunder/#x1)
- The rope broke asunder. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/asunder/#x2)
- They parted asunder after the quarrel. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/asunder/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

in old tales a rope, a tree or a bond breaks or splits apart

### Examples

- And it came to pass, as he made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground did cleave asunder that was under them. (Torah NUM.16.31, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/asunder/#x1)
- And he shall bring them unto the priest, who shall offer that which is for the sin-offering first, and pinch off its head close by its neck, but shall not divide it asunder. (Torah LEV.5.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/asunder/#x2)
- The lot causeth strife to cease, and parteth asunder the contentious. (Writings PRO.18.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/asunder/#x3)
- How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! (Prophets JER.50.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/asunder/#x4)
- 'Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.' (Writings PSA.2.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/asunder/#x5)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «asunder» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/asunder/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«asunder» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/asunder.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «asunder» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/asunder/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«asunder» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/asunder.html) on Mova free.