overdrive
verb
In Jewish tradition
Jacob uses it of driving his tender flocks and children too fast on the journey.
Interpretation. Jacob's words are read as showing his care for the weak, who must travel at their own pace.
Meaning
To drive animals too hard or too fast, so that they get worn out. tree →
Examples
- And he said unto him: 'My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and that the flocks and herds giving suck are a care to me; and if they overdrive them one day, all the flocks will die. (Torah GEN.33.13, JPS 1917) tree →
Note
A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.
On Mova
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