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# famish

verb

«famish» 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: Proverbs teaches that God provides for the righteous. Zephaniah sees God making the false gods powerless, so all nations will worship Him.

### Meaning

To make or let someone go hungry, or to starve. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/famish/#m1)

### Examples

- The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish; but He thrusteth away the desire of the wicked. (Writings PRO.10.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/famish/#x1)
- The LORD will be terrible unto them; for He will famish all the gods of the earth; then shall all the isles of the nations worship Him, every one from its place. (Prophets ZEP.2.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/famish/#x2)

### Note

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

## On Mova

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