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# yearning

noun (plural yearnings); also the -ing form of yearn

«yearning» 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

A strong, longing wish for someone or something far away or hard to have. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yearning/#m1)

### In the lessons

in tales, a deep feeling inside someone that pulls them toward a person or thing

### Examples

- She had a yearning for her far-off family. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yearning/#x1)
- Before long, the cat felt a fit of yearning. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yearning/#x2)
- He had a yearning to travel. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yearning/#x3)
- A yearning filled her heart all day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yearning/#x4)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

It describes deep feeling, such as God's compassion for His people or the deep love people have for something precious.

**Interpretation.** Isaiah's cry asks God to show His mercy again. Tradition speaks of God as a loving parent who cares for Israel.

### Examples

- Look down from heaven, and see, even from Thy holy and glorious habitation; Where is Thy zeal and Thy mighty acts, the yearning of Thy heart and Thy compassions, now restrained toward me? (Prophets ISA.63.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Y/yearning/#x1)
- And thou, son of man, shall it not be in the day when I take from them their stronghold, the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, and the yearning of their soul, their sons and their daughters, (Prophets EZK.24.25, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Y/yearning/#x2)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

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