burden
part of speech
noun (a burden, burdens); verb (burden, burdens, burdened, burdening)
meaning for a pupil
1) A heavy load that you carry. tree →
2) A difficult duty, worry or problem that is hard to deal with. tree →
3) (verb) To give someone a heavy load or a worry. tree →
4) (law) Burden of proof: the duty to show that something is true. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It can mean a heavy load, the forced labor of the Israelites in Egypt, or a duty of carrying. The Levites had the burden of carrying the holy tent and its furnishings. In the prophets "burden" is also a heavy message from God about a place or people, such as "the burden of the wilderness of the sea". Interpretation: The rabbis saw the burdens in Egypt as the start of Israel's suffering, and the Levite burden as a holy task. Moses' words about bearing the people alone are read as the reason he appointed judges to help him. A prophet's "burden" is read as a weighty word that the prophet must carry and deliver. In the primary lessons: Used in stories (a donkey carrying a burden), feelings (worries as a burden), adult life (money burdens, debts) and law (burden of proof). It tells the reader someone carries something heavy, in the body or the mind. Phrases: a burden to, ease the burden, burden of proof, a weight off my shoulders.
examples
- Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. (Torah EXO.1.11, JPS 1917) tree →
- How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife? (Torah DEU.1.12, JPS 1917) tree →
- These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting. (Torah NUM.4.15, JPS 1917) tree →
- The burden concerning the Valley of Vision. (Prophets ISA.22.1, JPS 1917) tree →
- The burden of the wilderness of the sea. (Prophets ISA.21.1, JPS 1917) tree →
- The burden of the beasts of the South. (Prophets ISA.30.6, JPS 1917) tree →
- The donkey carried a heavy burden up the hill. tree →
- She didn't want to be a burden to her family. tree →
- Sharing a worry with a friend eases the burden. tree →
- Homework felt like a burden this week. tree →
- Don't burden yourself with too many clubs. tree →
- In court, the burden of proof is on the person who accuses. tree →
- Debt can be a heavy burden for a family. tree →
- Here he rested his burden against the wall. tree →
note
Countable: burdens. Adjective: burdensome. Similar: load, weight, strain. "Beast of burden" means an animal that carries loads, like a donkey or camel.
In the corpora
- Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens.
- These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting.
- This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, in serving and in bearing burdens:
- How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?
- And David said unto him: 'If thou passest on with me, then thou wilt be a burden unto Me;
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «burden» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.