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# departing

verb (-ing form of depart: depart, departs, departed, departing); adjective (departing)

«departing» 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. Departing means leaving, going away from a place, especially for trains, buses and planes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/departing/#m1)
2. (adjective) Departing describes someone who is leaving a job or place: «the departing head teacher». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/departing/#m2)

### In the lessons

In timetables and stations «departing» or «departures» tells when transport leaves; maths problems use departure times to find journey length. «Departed» can be a euphemism for dead. Phrases: «departing from», «departing at», «the departing passengers».

### Examples

- The train is departing from platform 4. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/departing/#x1)
- Passengers departing for London, please board now. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/departing/#x2)
- The bus departs at 9:15 and arrives at 10:05; how long is the trip? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/departing/#x3)
- We said goodbye to the departing teacher. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/departing/#x4)
- Flights departing today may be late. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/departing/#x5)
- The ship was departing as we arrived. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/departing/#x6)

### Note

Formal; everyday words are leave, go. Noun: departure. «The departed» (euphemism) means people who have died. Maths: journey time = arrival time − departure time.

## In Jewish tradition

Here it is used of a soul leaving the body at death. In Hosea it means turning away from God.

**Interpretation.** Tradition reads Rachel's last moment as the soul leaving the body. She named her son Ben-oni, "son of my sorrow," and Jacob renamed him Benjamin. Hosea's "departing from the LORD" is read as Israel's unfaithfulness, like a wife leaving her husband.

### Examples

- And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing — for she died — that she called his name Ben-oni; but his father called him Benjamin. (Torah GEN.35.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/departing/#x1)
- When the LORD spoke at first with Hosea, the LORD said unto Hosea: 'Go, take unto thee a wife of harlotry and children of harlotry; for the land doth commit great harlotry, departing from the LORD.' (Prophets HOS.1.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/departing/#x2)

### Note

Formal; everyday words are leave, go. Noun: departure. «The departed» (euphemism) means people who have died. Maths: journey time = arrival time − departure time.

## On Mova

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