impoverish

«impoverish» in Mova's judaism dictionary: To make someone poor, or to take away what they own — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun

meaning for a pupil

To make someone poor, or to take away what they own. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: God will strip Tyre of its wealth and power, though it was proud and rich. Interpretation: Zechariah's vision shows God judging proud nations, and tradition reads such passages as proof that human might is not lasting.

examples

• Behold, the Lord will impoverish her, and He will smite her power into the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire. (Prophets ZEC.9.4, JPS 1917) tree →

note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

Trees and pragmatics

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