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# rapine

noun

«rapine» 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

It means violent robbery. Nahum uses it for the guilt of Nineveh, a city full of lies and plunder.

**Interpretation.** The prophet says that violence and lies bring a city down. The tradition reads Nineveh's fall as a lesson that God judges cruel empires.

### Meaning

Taking things by force, robbery or plunder. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rapine/#m1)

### Examples

- It is all full of lies and rapine; the prey departeth not. (Prophets NAM.3.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rapine/#x1)

### Note

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

## On Mova

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