vanish

«vanish» in Mova's judaism dictionary: to disappear suddenly or in a way you cannot explain — 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 (vanish, vanishes, vanished, vanishing)

meaning for a pupil

1) To vanish means to disappear suddenly or in a way you cannot explain. tree →

2) To vanish also means to stop existing, like an animal or a way of life that is gone for ever. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It means to disappear or pass away. In the Psalms it describes creatures that die when God withdraws their breath. Interpretation: The tradition reads this as a sign that all life depends on God each moment. In the primary lessons: In stories things vanish by magic or mystery; magicians make coins vanish with tricks. In science and history some animals and old ways of life have vanished. Phrases: «vanish into thin air», «vanishing act», «vanish without a trace».

examples

• Thou hidest Thy face, they vanish; Thou withdrawest their breath, they perish, and return to their dust. (Writings PSA.104.29, JPS 1917) tree →
• What time they wax warm, they vanish, when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place. (Writings JOB.6.17, JPS 1917) tree →
• The magician made the rabbit vanish. tree →
• My pencil seems to have vanished! tree →
• The sun vanished behind the clouds. tree →
• The cat vanished under the bed. tree →
• Many kinds of animals have vanished from the Earth. tree →
• The ghost vanished into thin air. tree →
• The fog vanished as the sun came up. tree →
• The dream was over; it had vanished. tree →

note

Regular verb. Same as «disappear», but often more sudden or mysterious. In real life nothing truly vanishes by magic: magic tricks use hiding and distraction. «Vanishing point» in art is where lines seem to meet far away.

In the corpora

• Is their wisdom vanished?
• Thou hidest Thy face, they vanish; Thou withdrawest their breath, they perish, and return to their dust.
• What time they wax warm, they vanish, when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.
• As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away, so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more.
• More than 99 percent of all species that ever lived are extinct, but today they vanish much faster than normal because of people.

Trees and pragmatics

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