trespass
kind
archaic sense
modern equivalent
wrong, sin
part of speech
noun
meaning for a pupil
A wrong done against someone, or a sin against God. tree →
how it differs from today
Today mainly means going onto someone's land without permission. The old sense is doing wrong; all three sentences use it.
examples
- And Jacob answered and said to Laban: 'What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast hotly pursued after me? (Torah GEN.31.36, JPS 1917) tree →
- Speak unto the children of Israel: When a man or woman shall commit any sin that men commit, to commit a trespass against the LORD, and that soul be guilty; (Torah NUM.5.6, JPS 1917) tree →
- If any one sin, and commit a trespass against the LORD, and deal falsely with his neighbour in a matter of deposit, or of pledge, or of robbery, or have oppressed his neighbour; (Torah LEV.6.2, JPS 1917) tree →
primary record
trespass
tests
rate: sense (≥3 uses in the Torah, ≥10× EWT there, Wiktionary: an archaic sense); corpora 5 (Torah 5, tales 0, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 0.6 (Torah alone 11.7); Wiktionary archaic (a sense)
In the corpora
- As a vulture he cometh against the house of the LORD; because they have transgressed My covenant, and trespassed against My law.
- O God, Thou knowest my folly; and my trespasses are not hid from Thee.
- A divine sentence is in the lips of the king; his mouth trespasseth not in judgment.
- And the sons of Carmi: Achar, the troubler of Israel, who committed a trespass concerning the devoted thing.
- Going into someone's garden without asking is rude and is trespassing.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «trespass» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.