cease

«cease» in Mova's judaism dictionary: To stop happening, or to stop doing something — 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 (cease, ceases, ceased, ceasing)

meaning for a pupil

(formal) To stop happening, or to stop doing something. tree →

sense in the lessons

Interpretation: Tradition reads God's promise after the flood, that seedtime and harvest "shall not cease", as a covenant with all of nature. It is also the root of the idea of the Sabbath, which means "to cease". The prophets and Proverbs use it of stopping sighing, strife or striving. In the primary lessons: Formal word in rules, history and stories: "the rain ceased", "cease fire" (stop shooting). In maths: "the tap ceased dripping after 10 minutes" gives an end point. Phrases: cease to exist, never cease to amaze, ceasefire.

examples

• I thought I would make an end of them, I would make their memory cease from among men; (Torah DEU.32.26, JPS 1917) tree →
• While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.' (Torah GEN.8.22, JPS 1917) tree →
• Now Abraham and Sarah were old, and well stricken in age; it had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women. — (Torah GEN.18.11, JPS 1917) tree →
• All the sighing thereof have I made to cease.' (Prophets ISA.21.2, JPS 1917) tree →
• The lot causeth strife to cease, and parteth asunder the contentious. (Writings PRO.18.18, JPS 1917) tree →
• Weary not thyself to be rich; cease from thine own wisdom. (Writings PRO.23.4, JPS 1917) tree →
• The rain finally ceased in the afternoon. tree →
• The factory ceased making toys. tree →
• Both armies agreed to a ceasefire. tree →
• You never cease to amaze me! tree →
• The noise ceased when the teacher walked in. tree →
• Dinosaurs ceased to exist long ago. tree →
• Iktomi ceased to beat his drum. tree →

note

Formal; everyday word is "stop". Said "seess". Do not confuse with "seize" (to grab) or "seas". "Ceaseless" means never stopping.

In the corpora

• I thought I would make an end of them, I would make their memory cease from among men;
• Wash you, make you clean, put away the evil of your doings from before Mine eyes, cease to do evil;
• Cease ye from man, in whose nostrils is a breath; for how little is he to be accounted!
• All the sighing thereof have I made to cease.'
• The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.

Trees and pragmatics

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