smite
part of speech
verb (smite, smites, smote, smitten, smiting) (old use)
meaning for a pupil
1) (old use) To smite is to hit hard with a blow. tree →
2) (old use) To smite is to strike down or defeat an enemy. tree →
sense in the lessons
in fairy tales, a hero uses a sword to smite a troll or a wicked beast.
examples
- 'Harass the Midianites, and smite them; (Torah NUM.25.17, JPS 1917) tree →
- The LORD will smite thee with madness, and with blindness, and with astonishment of heart. (Torah DEU.28.28, JPS 1917) tree →
- And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy borders with frogs. (Torah EXO.8.2, JPS 1917) tree →
- Three times did Joash smite him, and recovered the cities of Israel. (Prophets 2KI.13.25, JPS 1917) tree →
- The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. (Writings PSA.121.6, JPS 1917) tree →
- And I will beat to pieces his adversaries before him, and smite them that hate him. (Writings PSA.89.24, JPS 1917) tree →
- Lay hold of the sword and smite the Troll dead. tree →
- The knight smote the dragon with his sword. tree →
- Shame on you for trying to smite my friend. tree →
note
nothing for maths
In the corpora
- And I will put forth My hand, and smite Egypt with all My wonders which I will do in the midst thereof.
- And seven days were fulfilled, after that the LORD had smitten the river.
- (7-27) And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy borders with frogs.
- And the flax and the barley were smitten; for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was in bloom.
- But the wheat and the spelt were not smitten; for they ripen late. —
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «smite» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.