befall
part of speech
verb (befall, befalls, befell, befallen) (old use)
meaning for a pupil
To happen to someone, often something bad: «If you do ill, ill will befall you.» tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Old word meaning to happen to someone, often harm or fate. Interpretation: Jacob's fear of harm to Benjamin shows his grief for Joseph. His blessing about "the end of days" is read by tradition as a glimpse of the future of the tribes. In the primary lessons: in fairy tales, a warning that trouble will come to a person
examples
- But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said: 'Lest peradventure harm befall him.' (Torah GEN.42.4, JPS 1917) tree →
- and if ye take this one also from me, and harm befall him, ye will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave. (Torah GEN.44.29, JPS 1917) tree →
- And Jacob called unto his sons, and said: 'Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the end of days. (Torah GEN.49.1, JPS 1917) tree →
- Shall evil befall a city, and the LORD hath not done it? (Prophets AMO.3.6, JPS 1917) tree →
- There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy tent. (Writings PSA.91.10, JPS 1917) tree →
- There shall no mischief befall the righteous; but the wicked are filled with evil. (Writings PRO.12.21, JPS 1917) tree →
- Bad luck befell the farmer's sheep. tree →
- Be careful, or harm may befall you. tree →
- What will befall us if we stay here? tree →
note
nothing for maths
In the corpora
- And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that had befallen them, saying:
- Shall evil befall a city, and the LORD hath not done it?
- There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy tent.
- There shall no mischief befall the righteous; but the wicked are filled with evil.
- And Haman recounted unto Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thing that had befallen him.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «befall» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.