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# bereave

verb

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

## In Jewish tradition

Old word: to leave childless or to take away children.

**Interpretation.** It is part of the warnings Moses gives, in which the sword brings loss even to the young.

### Meaning

To take away someone dear by death; to leave someone without a loved one. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bereave/#m1)

### Examples

- Without shall the sword bereave, and in the chambers terror; slaying both young man and virgin, the suckling with the man of gray hairs. (Torah DEU.32.25, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bereave/#x1)
- therefore thou shalt devour men no more, neither bereave thy nations any more, saith the Lord GOD; (Prophets EZK.36.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bereave/#x2)
- And I fan them with a fan in the gates of the land; I bereave them of children, I destroy My people, since they return not from their ways. (Prophets JER.15.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bereave/#x3)
- If I cause evil beasts to pass through the land, and they bereave it, and it be desolate, so that no man may pass through because of the beasts; (Prophets EZK.14.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bereave/#x4)

### Note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

## On Mova

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