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# foray

noun

«foray» 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 Second Samuel it means a raid by David's men, after which they come back with spoil.

### Meaning

A quick raid into enemy land to take goods or loot. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/foray/#m1)

### Examples

- And, behold, the servants of David and Joab came from a foray, and brought in a great spoil with them; but Abner was not with David in Hebron; for he had sent him away, and he was gone in peace. (Prophets 2SA.3.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/foray/#x1)

### Note

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

## On Mova

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