expired

«expired» in Mova's judaism dictionary: died — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (expire, expires, expired, expiring); adjective (expired)

meaning for a pupil

1) (euphemism, medical or formal) died. tree →

2) came to the end of the time it is valid or allowed: «My passport has expired». tree →

3) (of food or medicine) past its use-by or best-before date and not safe or good to use. tree →

4) (formal, science) breathed out. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: An old, gentle way of saying a person died, used for Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. In Samuel it also means that a set time had run out. Interpretation: The rabbis noted that this word is used only of the righteous, and that being "gathered to his people" shows that life goes on beyond death. In Samuel, "the days were not expired" means the time Saul set for David had not yet ended. In the primary lessons: In hospitals and official reports «the patient expired» hides the plain word «died» behind a cool, technical word; it is jargon and can sound cold. In everyday life the commonest sense is about cards, tickets, food and passwords running out. All regions.

examples

• And Abraham expired, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people. (Torah GEN.25.8, JPS 1917) tree →
• And Isaac expired, and died, and was gathered unto his people, old and full of days; and Esau and Jacob his sons buried him. (Torah GEN.35.29, JPS 1917) tree →
• And when Jacob made an end of charging his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and expired, and was gathered unto his people. (Torah GEN.49.33, JPS 1917) tree →
• And the days were not expired; (Prophets 1SA.18.26, JPS 1917) tree →
• The patient expired early in the morning, the nurse wrote in the chart. tree →
• My library card has expired, so I need a new one. tree →
• Don't drink that milk; it's expired. tree →
• Your password has expired; please choose a new one. tree →
• The parking ticket expired ten minutes ago and we got a fine. tree →
• The offer expires at midnight. tree →
• In the old play, the king groans and then expires on the stage. tree →
• "The hamster has, um, expired," said Dad, trying to break it gently. tree →
• Shortly afterwards he expired, leaving universal regret throughout the kingdom; rich and poor alike followed him to the grave. tree →

note

Trap: «expired» about a person means died, but about food or tickets it means no longer valid; check what the subject is. Said of a person in everyday talk it can sound cold or funny. In maths problems, «expires after 30 days» is a time limit for counting days.

In the corpora

• And the days were not expired;

Trees and pragmatics

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