afar

«afar» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: far away — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

kind

archaic word

modern equivalent

far away

part of speech

adverb

meaning for a pupil

At a great distance. tree →

how it differs from today

Today it is used only in old-fashioned phrases such as "from afar". Here it is used as an ordinary word for "far off".

examples

• And his sister stood afar off, to know what would be done to him. (Torah EXO.2.4, JPS 1917) tree →
• “Drown!” answered Pinocchio from afar, happy at his escape. (The Adventures of Pinocchio) tree →
• On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off. (Torah GEN.22.4, JPS 1917) tree →

primary record

afar

tests

manual 10.1; corpora 64 (Torah 9, tales 55, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 7.2 (Torah alone 21.0); Wiktionary no archaic label

In the corpora

• On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.
• And they saw him afar off, and before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.
• And his sister stood afar off, to know what would be done to him.
• And the people stood afar off; but Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.
• Is this your joyous city, whose feet in antiquity, in ancient days, carried her afar off to sojourn?

Trees and pragmatics

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