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# yearn

verb (yearn, yearns, yearned or yearnt, yearning)

«yearn» 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

To yearn is to want something very much, often for a long time and with a sad or aching feeling; to yearn for home or to yearn to fly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yearn/#m1)

### In the lessons

in stories, a hero or animal longs deeply for something far away or out of reach

### Examples

- The boy yearned to see the sea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yearn/#x1)
- She yearned for her old home. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yearn/#x2)
- He yearned to fly above the trees. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yearn/#x3)
- Many children yearn for a pet of their own. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yearn/#x4)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

It tells how Joseph's heart was moved with love when he saw his brother Benjamin. It is also used for all Israel longing after the LORD while the ark was far away.

**Interpretation.** The tradition sees in Joseph's tears the love that later lets him forgive his brothers. Israel's yearning after God is read as the start of the people's return to Him.

### Examples

- And Joseph made haste; for his heart yearned toward his brother; and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there. (Torah GEN.43.30, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Y/yearn/#x1)
- And it came to pass, from the day that the ark abode in Kiriath-jearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years; and all the house of Israel yearned after the LORD. (Prophets 1SA.7.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Y/yearn/#x2)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

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