ravish

«ravish» in Mova's judaism dictionary: To seize a woman by force and violate her — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb

meaning for a pupil

To seize a woman by force and violate her. (Old English also meant to carry off or enchant.) tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It means rape, a crime of war in Lamentations and Isaiah. In Proverbs it means to be carried away by a wrong desire. Interpretation: The tradition counts such cruelty among the worst sins and sees the pain of the conquered city. Proverbs warns people to stay faithful in marriage.

examples

• They have ravished the women in Zion, the maidens in the cities of Judah. (Writings LAM.5.11, JPS 1917) tree →
• Why then wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of an alien? (Writings PRO.5.20, JPS 1917) tree →
• Their babes also shall be dashed in pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished. (Prophets ISA.13.16, JPS 1917) tree →

note

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

In the corpora

• Their babes also shall be dashed in pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished.
• A lovely hind and a graceful doe, let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; with her love be thou ravished always.
• Why then wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of an alien?
• They have ravished the women in Zion, the maidens in the cities of Judah.

Trees and pragmatics

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