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# ravish

verb

«ravish» 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 rape, a crime of war in Lamentations and Isaiah. In Proverbs it means to be carried away by a wrong desire.

**Interpretation.** The tradition counts such cruelty among the worst sins and sees the pain of the conquered city. Proverbs warns people to stay faithful in marriage.

### Meaning

To seize a woman by force and violate her. (Old English also meant to carry off or enchant.) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/ravish/#m1)

### Examples

- They have ravished the women in Zion, the maidens in the cities of Judah. (Writings LAM.5.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/ravish/#x1)
- Why then wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of an alien? (Writings PRO.5.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/ravish/#x2)
- Their babes also shall be dashed in pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished. (Prophets ISA.13.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/ravish/#x3)

### Note

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

## On Mova

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