disease

«disease» in Mova's judaism dictionary: an illness that affects people, animals or plants, with… — 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

noun (a disease, diseases; disease, uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) A disease is an illness that affects people, animals or plants, with particular signs (symptoms). tree →

2) Disease (uncountable) is illness in general. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Torah, the diseases of Egypt are plagues that God keeps from Israel if it obeys and sends on it if it does not. Interpretation: The rabbis read this as a lesson in cause and effect, in which obeying the commandments brings health. A famous saying goes that God is the healer of Israel. In the primary lessons: In science and health lessons, some diseases are infectious (caused by germs, like flu, measles and chickenpox) and can spread; others are not (like diabetes). We fight disease with handwashing, clean water, healthy food, exercise and vaccines. Doctors and scientists study diseases to find cures. Plants get diseases too, like mould on leaves. Phrases: heart disease, infectious disease, catch a disease, spread disease, prevent disease.

examples

• And He will bring back upon thee all the diseases of Egypt, which thou wast in dread of; and they shall cleave unto thee. (Torah DEU.28.60, JPS 1917) tree →
• And the LORD will take away from thee all sickness; and He will put none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which thou knowest, upon thee, but will lay them upon all them that hate thee. (Torah DEU.7.15, JPS 1917) tree →
• Who forgiveth all thine iniquity; who healeth all Thy diseases; (Writings PSA.103.3, JPS 1917) tree →
• But in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet. (Prophets 1KI.15.23, JPS 1917) tree →
• And after all this the LORD smote him in his bowels with an incurable disease. (Writings 2CH.21.18, JPS 1917) tree →
• Measles is a disease that spreads easily. tree →
• Washing your hands helps stop disease. tree →
• Vaccines protect us from some diseases. tree →
• Rats and fleas spread disease in the past. tree →
• Heart disease can be helped by exercise. tree →
• The tree had a disease that killed its leaves. tree →

note

Pronounced "di-ZEEZ". Disease is a bit more formal than illness. Not every disease is catching; you cannot catch diabetes or a broken bone. Countable for kinds (many diseases), uncountable in general (fight disease).

In the corpora

• But in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet.
• Who forgiveth all thine iniquity; who healeth all Thy diseases;
• By the great force of my disease is my garment disfigured; it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat.
• And after all this the LORD smote him in his bowels with an incurable disease.
• Some hopes are big and serious: cures for diseases, help learning in any language.

Trees and pragmatics

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