beseech

«beseech» in Mova's judaism dictionary: To beg someone earnestly and with great feeling — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (beseech, beseeches, beseeched or besought, beseeching)

meaning for a pupil

To beg someone earnestly and with great feeling. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Old word for pleading. Moses beseeches God to heal Miriam. Interpretation: Moses' short prayer, "El na refa na la" (Heal her now, O God), is often noted as one of the shortest and most heartfelt prayers in the Torah. In the primary lessons: a character begs a king, a fool or a friend for help

examples

• And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying: 'Heal her now, O God, I beseech Thee.' (Torah NUM.12.13, JPS 1917) tree →
• We beseech Thee, O LORD, save now! (Writings PSA.118.25, JPS 1917) tree →
• We beseech Thee, O LORD, make us now to prosper! (Writings PSA.118.25, JPS 1917) tree →
• Accept, I beseech Thee, the freewill-offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me Thine ordinances. (Writings PSA.119.108, JPS 1917) tree →
• The villagers beseeched the king for rain. tree →
• «Please help me,» she beseeched. tree →

note

nothing for maths

In the corpora

• And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying: 'Heal her now, O God, I beseech Thee.'
• And I besought the LORD at that time, saying:
• Then said I: O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech Thee; how shall Jacob stand? for he is small.
• O God of hosts, return, we beseech Thee; look from heaven, and behold, and be mindful of this vine,
• But I called upon the name of the LORD: 'I beseech thee, O LORD, deliver my soul.'

Trees and pragmatics

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