avenged
part of speech
verb (past tense and past participle of avenge)
meaning for a pupil
Punished someone in return for a wrong done to oneself or a loved one. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It means that justice was done and punishment was brought for a wrong. The Torah and Prophets use it for God and for people who fought enemies. Interpretation: Tradition reads it as justice restored by God. The rabbis teach that we should not take private revenge but leave judgment to God and the courts. In the primary lessons: in tales, a wrong that has been paid back, often by a parent, child or animal.
examples
- If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold. (Torah GEN.4.24, JPS 1917) tree →
- And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the nation had avenged themselves of their enemies. (Prophets JOS.10.13, JPS 1917) tree →
- Shall I not punish for these things? saith the LORD; Shall not My soul be avenged on such a nation as this? (Prophets JER.5.29, JPS 1917) tree →
- Shall I not punish for these things? saith the LORD; and shall not My soul be avenged on such a nation as this? (Prophets JER.5.9, JPS 1917) tree →
- Patto avenged his dead children. tree →
- The king avenged the insult to his queen. tree →
- The rabbit felt that the wrong was avenged. tree →
note
nothing for maths
In the corpora
- If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.
- And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the nation had avenged themselves of their enemies.
- Shall I not punish for these things? saith the LORD; Shall not My soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «avenged» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.