heal

Everyday

1. To heal means to become healthy again after an injury, like a cut or broken bone getting better. tree →
2. To heal someone means to make them well again. tree →
3. To heal can also mean to make bad feelings or a quarrel better. tree →

In the lessons

In science and health lessons, the body heals itself: blood forms a scab over a cut, and new skin grows underneath; broken bones heal in a cast in weeks. Keeping a wound clean helps it heal; picking a scab slows it down. In feelings lessons, sad feelings heal with time and kindness. Phrases: heal up, heal over, take time to heal, healing.

Examples

• The cut on my knee healed in a week. tree →
• Don't pick your scab, or it won't heal. tree →
• A broken arm takes about six weeks to heal. tree →
• Doctors and nurses help people heal. tree →
• Keep the wound clean so it heals. tree →
• Time helped heal her sadness. tree →
• They said sorry and the friendship healed. tree →
• Aloe vera gel can help sunburn heal. tree →
• A wound from Kay's sword no physician could heal. tree →

Note

Do not confuse with «heel» (the back of your foot) or «he'll» (he will); all three sound the same. Regular verb: healed, healing. Noun: healing; a healer is someone who heals.

In Jewish tradition

In the Torah, God is the one who heals. Moses prays "Heal her now" for his sister Miriam.

Interpretation. Moses's short prayer for Miriam is held up as a model of simple, direct prayer. Tradition says God is the true healer, and doctors are His helpers.

Examples

• And when the flesh hath in the skin thereof a boil, and it is healed, (Torah LEV.13.18, JPS 1917) tree →
• And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying: 'Heal her now, O God, I beseech Thee.' (Torah NUM.12.13, JPS 1917) tree →
• And Abraham prayed unto God; and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maid-servants; and they bore children. (Torah GEN.20.17, JPS 1917) tree →
• And the LORD hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed the people. (Writings 2CH.30.20, JPS 1917) tree →
• Why hast Thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? (Prophets JER.14.19, JPS 1917) tree →
• For thy breach is great like the sea; who can heal thee? (Writings LAM.2.13, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Do not confuse with «heel» (the back of your foot) or «he'll» (he will); all three sound the same. Regular verb: healed, healing. Noun: healing; a healer is someone who heals.