forfeit
part of speech
verb (forfeit, forfeits, forfeited, forfeiting); noun (a forfeit, forfeits)
meaning for a pupil
1) (verb) To lose something or give it up because you broke a rule or did not do something. tree →
2) (verb, sport) To lose a game because you did not play or broke the rules. tree →
3) (noun) Something you must give up or do as a punishment, especially in a party game. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the laws of offerings it means the guilt-offering that a wrongdoer must bring as payment for a wrong, and also, in the vineyard law, to lose the crop. It also means to lose something because of wrongdoing, such as one's life or one's goods. Interpretation: The ram brought as a guilt-offering (asham) is read as a way to make amends with God and the neighbor. The law against mixing seeds belongs to the laws of kilayim, kinds that must not be mixed. In later books the "forfeit money" was paid to the priests, and Ezra's law took a man's goods if he did not come. In the primary lessons: In sport: «The team had to forfeit the match» (they lose automatically). In party games: losers must pay a forfeit (sing a song, do a silly dance). In rules: «If you don't pay on time, you forfeit your place».
examples
- And he shall bring his forfeit unto the LORD, unto the door of the tent of meeting, even a ram for a guilt-offering. (Torah LEV.19.21, JPS 1917) tree →
- And he shall bring his forfeit unto the LORD, a ram without blemish out of the flock, according to thy valuation, for a guilt-offering, unto the priest. (Torah LEV.6.6, JPS 1917) tree →
- Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with two kinds of seed; lest the fulness of the seed which thou hast sown be forfeited together with the increase of the vineyard. (Torah DEU.22.9, JPS 1917) tree →
- Thou hast devised shame to thy house, by cutting off many peoples, and hast forfeited thy life. (Prophets HAB.2.10, JPS 1917) tree →
- The forfeit money, and the sin money, was not brought into the house of the LORD; it was the priests. (Prophets 2KI.12.17, JPS 1917) tree →
- and that whosoever came not within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his substance should be forfeited, and himself separated from the congregation of the captivity. (Writings EZR.10.8, JPS 1917) tree →
- The team forfeited the game because only six players came. tree →
- If you cheat, you forfeit your points. tree →
- The forfeit was to sing a song. tree →
- He forfeited his deposit when he cancelled. tree →
- Late entries forfeit the chance to win. tree →
- In the game, a wrong answer means a forfeit. tree →
- If not, your head shall pay the forfeit.’ tree →
note
Spelling trap: forfeit (e before i). Pronounced FOR-fit. In sports scoring, a forfeit often counts as a fixed score, for example a loss.
In the corpora
- The forfeit money, and the sin money, was not brought into the house of the LORD; it was the priests.
- Thou hast devised shame to thy house, by cutting off many peoples, and hast forfeited thy life.
- The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion: he that provoketh him to anger forfeiteth his life.
Trees and pragmatics
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