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# desolation

noun (desolations)

«desolation» 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. Desolation is a state of being empty, ruined and bare, with nothing living. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/desolation/#m1)
2. Desolation is great sadness and loneliness. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/desolation/#m2)

### In the lessons

in tales, a land or town left ruined after a flood, war or storm.

### Examples

- The flood left only desolation behind. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/desolation/#x1)
- We walked through the desolation of the burnt village. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/desolation/#x2)
- Her desolation grew each day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/desolation/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

In Leviticus it is part of the warning of what would happen if Israel broke the covenant.

**Interpretation.** Tradition reads the warning as a call to keep the covenant. Later teachers connected it with the exile and the destruction of the Temple.

### Examples

- And I will bring the land into desolation; and your enemies that dwell therein shall be astonished at it. (Torah LEV.26.32, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/desolation/#x1)
- And I will make your cities a waste, and will bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours. (Torah LEV.26.31, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/desolation/#x2)
- And you will I scatter among the nations, and I will draw out the sword after you; and your land shall be a desolation, and your cities shall be a waste. (Torah LEV.26.33, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/desolation/#x3)
- How are they become a desolation in a moment! (Writings PSA.73.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/desolation/#x4)
- How is Babylon become a desolation among the nations! (Prophets JER.50.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/desolation/#x5)
- Terror and the pit are come upon us, desolation and destruction. (Writings LAM.3.47, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/desolation/#x6)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

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