despoil

verb (despoils, despoiled, despoiling)

«despoil» 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

Old use: to rob a place or person of goods or treasure, often by force, and leave it damaged. tree →

In the lessons

in old tales, a wicked knight or giant despoils a land of its gold and cattle.

Examples

The raiders despoiled the village. tree →
The dragon despoiled the castle of its treasure. tree →
Do not despoil the forest. tree →

Note

nothing for maths

In Jewish tradition

To rob and strip someone of what they own, often violently.

Interpretation. Proverbs warns that God defends the poor and harms those who rob them, and that a child who robs a parent shames the family.

Examples

They cut his provender in the field; and they despoil the vineyard of the wicked. (Writings JOB.24.6, JPS 1917) tree →
For the LORD will plead their cause, and despoil of life those that despoil them. (Writings PRO.22.23, JPS 1917) tree →
A son that dealeth shamefully and reproachfully will despoil his father, and chase away his mother. (Writings PRO.19.26, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

nothing for maths

On Mova

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