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# depute

verb

«depute» 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

Interpretation: In Absalom's words it shows how he stole hearts by suggesting the king had no one to hear people's cases.

### Meaning

To appoint someone to act for you or to do a task on your behalf. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/depute/#m1)

### Examples

- And Absalom said unto him: 'See, thy matters are good and right; but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee.' (Prophets 2SA.15.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/depute/#x1)

### Note

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

## On Mova

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