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# enlightened

adjective (enlightened, more enlightened, most enlightened); past form of verb enlighten (enlighten, enlightens, enlightened, enlightening)

«enlightened» 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. Enlightened means having understanding and wisdom about something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enlightened/#m1)
2. Enlightened means having been shown the truth, so you see clearly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enlightened/#m2)

### In the lessons

having gained wisdom or understanding, so that you see the truth of things

### Examples

- I may well say that I am enlightened. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enlightened/#x1)
- The Teacher became perfectly enlightened. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enlightened/#x2)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

It means lit up with the light of life, so that a person is restored to life and understanding.

**Interpretation.** Job's friend Elihu says God brings a person back from the pit of death to the light of the living. Tradition reads this as God's mercy in saving a person.

### Examples

- To bring back his soul from the pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of the living. (Writings JOB.33.30, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/enlightened/#x1)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

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