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# sunder

verb

«sunder» 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

Here it often describes God's power, as when He split the Red Sea or broke iron bars.

**Interpretation.** Tradition sees the splitting of the sea as a great sign of God's mercy and power over nature.

### Meaning

To break or split something apart, or to cut it in two. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sunder/#m1)

### Examples

- They are joined one to another; they stick together, that they cannot be sundered. (Writings JOB.41.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sunder/#x1)
- To Him who divided the Red Sea in sunder, for His mercy endureth for ever; (Writings PSA.136.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sunder/#x2)
- For He hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder. (Writings PSA.107.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sunder/#x3)

### Note

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

## On Mova

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