transgress

«transgress» in Mova's judaism dictionary: To break a rule or law; to go beyond what is allowed — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb

meaning for a pupil

To break a rule or law; to go beyond what is allowed. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Torah it means to disobey God's commandment, as when Israel tried to go up to fight after being told not to. Interpretation: Tradition treats transgressing a commandment as a serious wrong that needs repentance and, in the Temple times, atonement.

examples

• And Moses said: 'Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of the LORD, seeing it shall not prosper? (Torah NUM.14.41, JPS 1917) tree →
• Ye all have transgressed against Me, saith the LORD. (Prophets JER.2.29, JPS 1917) tree →
• We have transgressed and have rebelled; Thou hast not pardoned. (Writings LAM.3.42, JPS 1917) tree →
• Thy first father sinned, and thine intercessors have transgressed against Me. (Prophets ISA.43.27, JPS 1917) tree →

note

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

In the corpora

• And Moses said: 'Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of the LORD, seeing it shall not prosper?
• Thy first father sinned, and thine intercessors have transgressed against Me.
• Ye all have transgressed against Me, saith the LORD.
• But they like men have transgressed the covenant; there have they dealt treacherously against Me.
• As a vulture he cometh against the house of the LORD; because they have transgressed My covenant, and trespassed against My law.

Trees and pragmatics

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