dungeon

«dungeon» in Mova's judaism dictionary: A dark prison room, often underground, in a castle — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a dungeon, dungeons)

meaning for a pupil

1) A dark prison room, often underground, in a castle. tree →

2) (games) In video and board games, a set of dangerous rooms or tunnels to explore. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: A prison pit or jail where Joseph was kept in Egypt. Interpretation: The rabbis see Joseph's time in the dungeon as part of God's hidden plan that raised him from prison to rule Egypt. In the primary lessons: In history lessons, castles had dungeons for prisoners. In The Wind in the Willows, Toad is sentenced to twenty years and thrown into «the remotest dungeon of the best-guarded keep of the stoutest castle in all the length and breadth of Merry England». In fairy tales a dungeon tells the reader that someone is trapped and needs rescue. Phrases: «locked in the dungeon», «dungeons and dragons».

examples

• Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon. (Torah GEN.41.14, JPS 1917) tree →
• For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews; and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.' (Torah GEN.40.15, JPS 1917) tree →
• I called upon Thy name, O LORD, Out of the lowest dungeon. (Writings LAM.3.55, JPS 1917) tree →
• They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and have cast stones upon me. (Writings LAM.3.53, JPS 1917) tree →
• When Jeremiah was come into the dungeon-house, and into the cells, and Jeremiah had remained there many days; (Prophets JER.37.16, JPS 1917) tree →
• The king threw the thief into the dungeon. tree →
• Toad lay in the dungeon and wept. tree →
• The dungeon was cold, damp and dark. tree →
• We visited a castle and saw the old dungeon. tree →
• In the game, you have to find the key to escape the dungeon. tree →
• The gaoler's daughter brought food down to the dungeon. tree →
• Many castle dungeons were really used as storerooms. tree →
• So they seized him and put him in a dungeon. tree →

note

Spelling: d-u-n-g-e-o-n (the e keeps the g soft: «DUN-jun»). Myth: not every castle had a torture dungeon; many cellars were for storing food.

In the corpora

• Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon.
• When Jeremiah was come into the dungeon-house, and into the cells, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;
• They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and have cast stones upon me.
• I called upon Thy name, O LORD, Out of the lowest dungeon.

Trees and pragmatics

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