assuage

«assuage» in Mova's judaism dictionary: to make a pain, anger or sadness less strong — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb

meaning for a pupil

to make a pain, anger or sadness less strong tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It is used for calming a king's anger, as with Ahasuerus, or for easing grief, as Job's friends ought to have done. Interpretation: Tradition reads Ahasuerus' calmed anger as part of the Purim story, where God's hand is hidden. Job's words show that real comfort needs kind words and not empty ones.

examples

• Then was the king's wrath assuaged. (Writings EST.7.10, JPS 1917) tree →
• Though I speak, my pain is not assuaged; and though I forbear, what am I eased? (Writings JOB.16.6, JPS 1917) tree →
• I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips would assuage your grief. (Writings JOB.16.5, JPS 1917) tree →

note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

In the corpora

• I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips would assuage your grief.
• Though I speak, my pain is not assuaged; and though I forbear, what am I eased?
• Then was the king's wrath assuaged.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «assuage» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.