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# hinder

verb (hinder, hinders, hindered, hindering)

«hinder» 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

To hinder is to make it hard for someone to do something or to get somewhere; to slow them down or get in their way. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hinder/#m1)

### In the lessons

a fallen tree, a rule or a bad path that stops or slows a journey

### Examples

- The fallen tree hindered our walk. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hinder/#x1)
- Heavy rain hindered the workers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hinder/#x2)
- Don't let noise hinder your reading. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hinder/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths; it slows progress but does not change any number

## In Jewish tradition

"Hinder" is also an old word meaning back or rear, as in "the hinder part of the tabernacle." Job and Jeremiah also use it as a verb meaning to stop someone, as in "who can hinder Him?"

**Interpretation.** The tabernacle's back, the west side, was built with six boards. Tradition studies the exact measurements as a sacred plan given to Moses. Job's question is read as showing that no one can stop God.

### Examples

- Behold, He snatcheth away, who can hinder Him? (Writings JOB.9.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hinder/#x1)
- And for the hinder part of the tabernacle westward he made six boards. (Torah EXO.36.27, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hinder/#x2)
- And for the hinder part of the tabernacle westward thou shalt make six boards. (Torah EXO.26.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hinder/#x3)
- If He pass by, and shut up, or gather in, then who can hinder Him? (Writings JOB.11.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hinder/#x4)
- A wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind in her desire; her lust, who can hinder it? (Prophets JER.2.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hinder/#x5)

### Note

nothing for maths; it slows progress but does not change any number

## On Mova

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