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# pang

noun (a pang, pangs)

«pang» 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. A sudden sharp pain or feeling. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pang/#m1)
2. A sudden strong feeling, like a pang of guilt or a pang of hunger. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pang/#m2)

### In the lessons

In stories, a pang of sadness or envy tells the reader a character's feelings changed suddenly. Common phrases: «hunger pangs», «a pang of guilt», «a pang of regret».

### Examples

- She felt a pang of guilt. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pang/#x1)
- Hunger pangs woke him up. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pang/#x2)
- Mole felt a pang when he smelled his old home. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pang/#x3)
- A pang of envy hit her when she saw the bike. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pang/#x4)
- He felt a pang of sadness at leaving. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pang/#x5)
- The pangs of hunger made him grumpy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pang/#x6)
- And at this thought the pangs of hunger made him feel quite sick with fear. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pang/#x7)

### Note

Plural: pangs. Sudden, short feeling.

## In Jewish tradition

A sudden pain, here the trembling of the Philistines who hear of the Israelites' crossing of the sea. The prophets and psalms compare fear to the sharp pangs of a woman in childbirth, and the Psalms also say the wicked have no pangs at their death.

**Interpretation.** The fear of the peoples is read as the effect on the nations of God's rescue of Israel. The pangs of a woman in travail are read as a picture of sudden, unavoidable terror and judgment. The psalmist's complaint about the wicked having no pangs is read as a puzzle of why the wicked prosper.

### Examples

- The peoples have heard, they tremble; pangs have taken hold on the inhabitants of Philistia. (Torah EXO.15.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pang/#x1)
- Trembling took hold of them there, pangs, as of a woman in travail. (Writings PSA.48.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pang/#x2)
- For there are no pangs at their death, and their body is sound. (Writings PSA.73.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pang/#x3)
- Shall not pangs take hold of thee, as of a woman in travail? (Prophets JER.13.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pang/#x4)

### Note

Plural: pangs. Sudden, short feeling.

## On Mova

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