bemoan

verb (bemoans, bemoaned, bemoaning); formal or old use

«bemoan» 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 bemoan something is to complain sadly about it, or to cry and grieve over it. tree →

In the lessons

in stories, sad characters cry and wail over their bad luck or their loss; a grander word than «moan»

Examples

The birds of the air came and bemoaned Snow-White. tree →
The poor woman bemoaned her lost home. tree →
They sat and bemoaned their fate. tree →

Note

nothing for maths

In Jewish tradition

To bemoan the dead is to mourn them aloud, as was the custom in ancient Israel.

Interpretation. Jeremiah says not to mourn the dead king but the one taken into exile, since exile was seen as the greater loss.

Examples

These two things are befallen thee; who shall bemoan thee? desolation and destruction, and the famine and the sword; how shall I comfort thee? (Prophets ISA.51.19, JPS 1917) tree →
Bemoan him, all ye that are round about him, and all ye that know his name; say: 'How is the strong staff broken, the beautiful rod!' (Prophets JER.48.17, JPS 1917) tree →
Weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him; but weep sore for him that goeth away, for he shall return no more, nor see his native country. (Prophets JER.22.10, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

nothing for maths

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of «bemoan» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«bemoan» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
Trees and pragmatics of «bemoan» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«bemoan» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.

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