weep
part of speech
verb (weep, weeps, wept, weeping); noun (a weep — rare, informal: «a good weep»)
meaning for a pupil
1) To cry, letting tears fall, usually because you are sad. tree →
2) (of a wound or surface) To let out a slow drip of liquid. tree →
3) (Bible, literature) To cry in grief; «Jesus wept» is the shortest verse in many English Bibles. tree →
sense in the lessons
Interpretation: Tradition notes that Joseph wept in secret and that Abraham's weeping for Sarah shows grief and love, and it is taught that mourners should weep for the dead. The prophets use weeping for national grief, and Job even says his land's furrows "weep" as a figure of speech. In the primary lessons: «Weep» is a more serious or old-fashioned word for «cry», used in stories, poems and the Bible; in everyday talk children say «cry». It tells the reader someone is deeply sad. «Weep for joy» means crying because you are happy. In the UK «Jesus wept!» is also said as a mild swear when annoyed, which some Christians find rude. Phrases: «weep for joy», «weep over», «it makes you weep».
examples
- And Joseph made haste; for his heart yearned toward his brother; and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there. (Torah GEN.43.30, JPS 1917) tree →
- And Sarah died in Kiriatharba — the same is Hebron — in the land of Canaan; and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her. (Torah GEN.23.2, JPS 1917) tree →
- Behold, their valiant ones cry without; the ambassadors of peace weep bitterly. (Prophets ISA.33.7, JPS 1917) tree →
- If my land cry out against me, and the furrows thereof weep together; (Writings JOB.31.38, JPS 1917) tree →
- Tell it not in Gath, weep not at all; at Beth-le-aphrah roll thyself in the dust. (Prophets MIC.1.10, JPS 1917) tree →
- The princess began to weep when she lost her ring. tree →
- She wept for joy when her dad came home from the army. tree →
- The old man wept at his wife's funeral. tree →
- In the Bible, Jesus wept when his friend Lazarus died. tree →
- The cut on my knee was weeping a little. tree →
- It's enough to make you weep — the whole homework got deleted! tree →
- Then he would sigh and weep. tree →
note
Irregular: weep → wept (not «weeped»). Weep is more formal or literary than cry. «Jesus wept!» as an exclamation is mild swearing (UK, Australia); avoid it in school.
In the corpora
- And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.
- And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him; and they wept.
- And he wept aloud; and the Egyptians heard, and the house of Pharaoh heard.
- And he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck, and wept; and Benjamin wept upon his neck.
- And he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them; and after that his brethren talked with him.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «weep» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.