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# redeem

verb (redeems, redeemed, redeeming)

«redeem» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition and Early Modern English — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To get something back by paying for it or by giving something in return. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/redeem/#m1)
2. To save someone from wrong-doing or from a bad fate. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/redeem/#m2)

### In the lessons

in stories, a person saved from sin or harm by a good act; in everyday life, to exchange a voucher or ticket for a prize

### Examples

- You can redeem your ticket at the desk. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/redeem/#x1)
- Her good deed redeemed him in her eyes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/redeem/#x2)
- The prince hoped to redeem the lost princess. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/redeem/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths.

## In Jewish tradition

In the Torah to redeem is to buy back a person, field, house or animal that was sold or belongs to God, by paying its value. In the Prophets and Psalms God redeems Israel from trouble, sin and death.

**Interpretation.** The firstborn sons must be redeemed with money, called pidyon haben, and the nearest relative has a duty to redeem a family member sold into slavery; God is also said to redeem Israel from Egypt. The Psalms pray that God will redeem Israel from all troubles and sins, and tradition reads this as hope for a final redemption.

### Examples

- All the first-born of thy sons thou shalt redeem. (Torah EXO.34.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/redeem/#x1)
- after that he is sold he may be redeemed; one of his brethren may redeem him; (Torah LEV.25.48, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/redeem/#x2)
- But if he will indeed redeem it, then he shall add the fifth part thereof unto thy valuation. (Torah LEV.27.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/redeem/#x3)
- Shall I redeem them from death? (Prophets HOS.13.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/redeem/#x4)
- Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles. (Writings PSA.25.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/redeem/#x5)
- And He will redeem Israel from all his iniquities. (Writings PSA.130.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/redeem/#x6)

### Note

nothing for maths.

## Early Modern English

### Meaning

To buy something back, pay a debt, or set someone free from a bond or curse. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/R/redeem/#m1)

### Then and now

Today it means to get something back by paying for it; the old sense of rescuing or setting free from a bond (as in the Torah and the fairy tale) is still used.

### Examples

- All the first-born of thy sons thou shalt redeem. (Torah EXO.34.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/R/redeem/#x1)
- "Yes, one ought to be able to redeem you so easily, you pure, pious woman," he said. (Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/R/redeem/#x2)
- after that he is sold he may be redeemed; one of his brethren may redeem him; (Torah LEV.25.48, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/R/redeem/#x3)

### Note

Today: buy back, rescue.

## On Mova

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