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# dispossessed

verb

«dispossessed» 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

In Numbers it tells how Machir's family drove the Amorites out of Gilead and settled there.

**Interpretation.** Tradition counts this as part of the tribes' settling east of the Jordan, which Moses allowed.

### Meaning

Past form of dispossess: took land or a home away from people by force. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dispossessed/#m1)

### Examples

- And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorites that were therein. (Torah NUM.32.39, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dispossessed/#x1)
- So whomsoever the LORD our God hath dispossessed from before us, them will we possess. (Prophets JDG.11.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dispossessed/#x2)
- So now the LORD, the God of Israel, hath dispossessed the Amorites from before His people Israel, and shouldest thou possess them? (Prophets JDG.11.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dispossessed/#x3)

### Note

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

## On Mova

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