departed
part of speech
verb (past of «depart»: depart, departs, departed, departing); adjective (departed); noun (the departed)
meaning for a pupil
1) Left a place, especially to start a journey (the train departed at 9:15). tree →
2) (euphemism, formal) Dead: «our dear departed grandmother». tree →
3) (noun, «the departed») People who have died. tree →
4) (formal) Changed from a usual way: «departed from tradition». tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In these verses it just means went away. Sometimes it is said of God leaving after His anger. In the primary lessons: In timetable maths: «the bus departed at 10:20 and arrived at 11:05» — find the journey time by subtracting. A polite euphemism in funerals and stories for someone who has died. Phrases: «departed from», «the dear departed», «recently departed».
examples
- And Laban departed, and returned unto his place. (Torah GEN.31.55, JPS 1917) tree →
- And they laded their asses with their corn, and departed thence. (Torah GEN.42.26, JPS 1917) tree →
- And the anger of the LORD was kindled against them; and He departed. (Torah NUM.12.9, JPS 1917) tree →
- And Nathan departed unto his house. (Prophets 2SA.12.15, JPS 1917) tree →
- And he arose and departed, and went to Samaria. (Prophets 2KI.10.12, JPS 1917) tree →
- So all the people departed every one to his house. (Prophets 2SA.6.19, JPS 1917) tree →
- The train departed on time. tree →
- The bus departed at 2:15 and arrived at 3:00, so the trip took 45 minutes. tree →
- The ship departed for France at dawn. tree →
- (euphemism) We lit a candle for our departed friends. tree →
- (euphemism) Let us remember the departed. tree →
- He departed from his usual route to avoid the traffic. tree →
- The guests departed after dinner. tree →
- Soon afterwards his mother also departed from this world. tree →
note
Formal; everyday: «left», «went», «died» (or the euphemism «passed away»). Opposite: arrived. In maths: journey time = arrival time − departure time.
In the corpora
- And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.
- And Isaac departed thence, and encamped in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.
- And Laban departed, and returned unto his place.
- And they laded their asses with their corn, and departed thence.
- the pillar of cloud by day, and the pillar of fire by night, departed not from before the people.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «departed» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.