befall
verb (befall, befalls, befell, befallen) (old use)
Everyday
To happen to someone, often something bad: «If you do ill, ill will befall you.» tree →
In the lessons
in fairy tales, a warning that trouble will come to a person
Examples
- Bad luck befell the farmer's sheep. tree →
- Be careful, or harm may befall you. tree →
- What will befall us if we stay here? tree →
Note
nothing for maths
In Jewish tradition
Old word meaning to happen to someone, often harm or fate.
Interpretation. Jacob's fear of harm to Benjamin shows his grief for Joseph. His blessing about "the end of days" is read by tradition as a glimpse of the future of the tribes.
Examples
- But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said: 'Lest peradventure harm befall him.' (Torah GEN.42.4, JPS 1917) tree →
- and if ye take this one also from me, and harm befall him, ye will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave. (Torah GEN.44.29, JPS 1917) tree →
- And Jacob called unto his sons, and said: 'Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the end of days. (Torah GEN.49.1, JPS 1917) tree →
- Shall evil befall a city, and the LORD hath not done it? (Prophets AMO.3.6, JPS 1917) tree →
- There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy tent. (Writings PSA.91.10, JPS 1917) tree →
- There shall no mischief befall the righteous; but the wicked are filled with evil. (Writings PRO.12.21, JPS 1917) tree →
Note
nothing for maths
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «befall» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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- Trees and pragmatics of «befall» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «befall» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.
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