burdened
part of speech
adjective (burdened); also past tense and past participle of burden
meaning for a pupil
1) Carrying a heavy load. tree →
2) Weighed down by worries, duties, debts or problems. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Isaiah, God says Israel did not "burden" Him with offerings, but burdened Him with sins. It means to load someone with trouble. Interpretation: Tradition reads this as God's complaint that sacrifices without a good heart count for nothing. It is the sins that weigh on Him, not the offerings. In the primary lessons: Used in stories and adult life to describe someone weighed down, like a family burdened with debt or a hiker burdened with a heavy pack. Phrases: burdened with, burdened by, heavily burdened.
examples
- I have not burdened thee with a meal-offering, nor wearied thee with frankincense. (Prophets ISA.43.23, JPS 1917) tree →
- Thou hast bought Me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou satisfied Me with the fat of thy sacrifices; but thou hast burdened Me with thy sins, thou hast wearied Me with thine iniquities. (Prophets ISA.43.24, JPS 1917) tree →
- The hikers were burdened with heavy backpacks. tree →
- He felt burdened by the secret. tree →
- Families can be burdened with debt. tree →
- The camel was burdened with goods for the market. tree →
- She was burdened with too much work. tree →
- Don't feel burdened; we'll help you. tree →
- The old tree was burdened by snow. tree →
note
Followed by "with" (things) or "by" (worries). Opposite: unburdened, free. Pronounced BUR-dend.
In the corpora
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «burdened» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.