entreat
part of speech
verb (entreat, entreats, entreated, entreating)
meaning for a pupil
To entreat someone is to beg them earnestly to do something; it is stronger than asking. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It is used for earnest prayer to God, as when Moses and Isaac pray for help. Interpretation: Tradition sees these prayers as examples of heartfelt prayer, and the Rabbis noted that Isaac and Rebekah prayed facing each other. In the primary lessons: in tales, a character begs another for help, a favour or mercy; a formal, old-fashioned word
examples
- And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and entreated the LORD. (Torah EXO.8.30, JPS 1917) tree →
- And he went out from Pharaoh, and entreated the LORD. (Torah EXO.10.18, JPS 1917) tree →
- And Isaac entreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren; and the LORD let Himself be entreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived. (Torah GEN.25.21, JPS 1917) tree →
- And after that God was entreated for the land. (Prophets 2SA.21.14, JPS 1917) tree →
- So the LORD was entreated for the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel. (Prophets 2SA.24.25, JPS 1917) tree →
- So we fasted and besought our God for this; and He was entreated of us. (Writings EZR.8.23, JPS 1917) tree →
- I entreat you to forgive me. tree →
- The girl entreated her father to let her go. tree →
- He entreated the king for mercy. tree →
- «Stay with us,» they entreated. tree →
note
nothing for maths
In the corpora
- (8-26) And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and entreated the LORD.
- And he went out from Pharaoh, and entreated the LORD.
- And after that God was entreated for the land.
- So the LORD was entreated for the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel.
- Moreover Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had entreated the king not to burn the roll; but he would not hear them.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «entreat» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.