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# burdened

adjective (burdened); also past tense and past participle of burden

«burdened» 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

1. Carrying a heavy load. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burdened/#m1)
2. Weighed down by worries, duties, debts or problems. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burdened/#m2)

### In the lessons

Used in stories and adult life to describe someone weighed down, like a family burdened with debt or a hiker burdened with a heavy pack. Phrases: burdened with, burdened by, heavily burdened.

### Examples

- The hikers were burdened with heavy backpacks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burdened/#x1)
- He felt burdened by the secret. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burdened/#x2)
- Families can be burdened with debt. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burdened/#x3)
- The camel was burdened with goods for the market. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burdened/#x4)
- She was burdened with too much work. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burdened/#x5)
- Don't feel burdened; we'll help you. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burdened/#x6)
- The old tree was burdened by snow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burdened/#x7)

### Note

Followed by "with" (things) or "by" (worries). Opposite: unburdened, free. Pronounced BUR-dend.

## In Jewish tradition

In Isaiah, God says Israel did not "burden" Him with offerings, but burdened Him with sins. It means to load someone with trouble.

**Interpretation.** Tradition reads this as God's complaint that sacrifices without a good heart count for nothing. It is the sins that weigh on Him, not the offerings.

### Examples

- I have not burdened thee with a meal-offering, nor wearied thee with frankincense. (Prophets ISA.43.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/burdened/#x1)
- Thou hast bought Me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou satisfied Me with the fat of thy sacrifices; but thou hast burdened Me with thy sins, thou hast wearied Me with thine iniquities. (Prophets ISA.43.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/burdened/#x2)

### Note

Followed by "with" (things) or "by" (worries). Opposite: unburdened, free. Pronounced BUR-dend.

## On Mova

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