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# languish

verb

«languish» 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

### Meaning

To grow weak, tired or miserable, as when a person or land suffers for a long time. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/languish/#m1)

### Examples

- And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan languished by reason of the famine. (Torah GEN.47.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/languish/#x1)
- And among these nations shalt thou have no repose, and there shall be no rest for the sole of thy foot; but the LORD shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and languishing of soul. (Torah DEU.28.65, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/languish/#x2)
- Be gracious unto me, O LORD, for I languish away; heal me, O LORD, for my bones are affrighted. (Writings PSA.6.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/languish/#x3)
- Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish, they bow down in black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up. (Prophets JER.14.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/languish/#x4)
- The fishers also shall lament, and all they that cast angle into the Nile shall mourn, and they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish. (Prophets ISA.19.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/languish/#x5)

### Note

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

## On Mova

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