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# beget

verb (beget, begets, begot or begat, begotten, begetting) (old use)

«beget» 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

To become the father of a child; in old tales, to produce children or new things. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beget/#m1)

### In the lessons

in old stories, used for fathers having children, or for gods or suns making new ones

### Examples

- The old king begot seven sons. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beget/#x1)
- Gods in the tales begot heroes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beget/#x2)
- Greed often begets trouble. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beget/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

Old word for fathering children, used in the family lines of the Torah.

**Interpretation.** The lists of who begot whom show the chain of generations from Adam on. The first command to "be fruitful and multiply" is one that tradition takes very seriously.

### Examples

- Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but they shall not be thine; for they shall go into captivity. (Torah DEU.28.41, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/beget/#x1)
- And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee; behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation. (Torah GEN.17.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/beget/#x2)
- If he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that doeth to a brother any of these things, (Prophets EZK.18.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/beget/#x3)
- Now, lo, if he beget a son, that seeth all his father's sins, which he hath done, and considereth, and doeth not such like, (Prophets EZK.18.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/beget/#x4)
- And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, whom thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be officers in the palace of the king of Babylon.' (Prophets 2KI.20.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/beget/#x5)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

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