succour

«succour» in Mova's judaism dictionary: help given to someone in trouble or need — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (no plural); verb (succours, succoured, succouring); old use

meaning for a pupil

1) Succour is help given to someone in trouble or need. tree →

2) To succour someone is to help them when they are in danger or need. (Spelt succor in America.) tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: An old word for help given to someone in danger, especially in battle. In the primary lessons: in fairy tales, a hero or helper who comes to rescue someone from danger

examples

• But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. (Prophets 2SA.21.17, JPS 1917) tree →
• And when the Arameans of Damascus came to succour Hadadezer king of Zobah, David smote of the Arameans two and twenty thousand men. (Prophets 2SA.8.5, JPS 1917) tree →
• And when the Arameans of Damascus came to succour Hadarezer king of Zobah, David smote of the Arameans two and twenty thousand men. (Writings 1CH.18.5, JPS 1917) tree →
• The knight came to their succour. tree →
• The old woman gave succour to the lost child. tree →
• The god promised to succour the weak. tree →

note

nothing for maths

In the corpora

• And when the Arameans of Damascus came to succour Hadadezer king of Zobah, David smote of the Arameans two and twenty thousand men.
• But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him.
• And when the Arameans of Damascus came to succour Hadarezer king of Zobah, David smote of the Arameans two and twenty thousand men.

Trees and pragmatics

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