marred
part of speech
verb (mar, mars, marred, marring)
meaning for a pupil
To mar something is to spoil it so that it is less good than it was. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Isaiah says a servant's face was marred, and tradition has often linked this to Israel's suffering. Jeremiah's spoiled girdle is a sign of how a ruined people is useless. Interpretation: Jeremiah's girdle shows that Israel, once close to God like a belt, became spoiled by pride. Jews and Christians read Isaiah's "marred" servant in different ways. In the primary lessons: a sad event that spoils a happy time
examples
- For the LORD restoreth the pride of Jacob, as the pride of Israel; for the emptiers have emptied them out, and marred their vine-branches. — (Prophets NAM.2.3, JPS 1917) tree →
- According as many were appalled at thee — so marred was his visage unlike that of a man, and his form unlike that of the sons of men — (Prophets ISA.52.14, JPS 1917) tree →
- Then I went to Perath, and digged, and took the girdle from the place where I had hid it; and, behold, the girdle was marred, it was profitable for nothing. (Prophets JER.13.7, JPS 1917) tree →
- After three happy years an accident marred their happiness. tree →
- Rain marred our picnic. tree →
- A scratch marred the new table. tree →
note
nothing for maths
Trees and pragmatics
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