firmament

«firmament» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: sky — 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

sky

part of speech

noun

meaning for a pupil

the sky or heavens, especially the sky full of stars. tree →

how it differs from today

An old word, now mostly found in poetry or old books; today we say sky.

examples

• And God called the firmament Heaven. (Torah GEN.1.8, JPS 1917) tree →
• A falling star shone in the dark firmament. (Andersen's Fairy Tales) tree →
• And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, (Torah GEN.1.17, JPS 1917) tree →

primary record

firmament

tests

manual 10.3; corpora 17 (Torah 9, tales 8, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 1.9 (Torah alone 21.0); Wiktionary no archaic label

In the corpora

• And God called the firmament Heaven.
• and let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth.' And it was so.
• And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
• The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament showeth His handiwork;
• Praise God in His sanctuary; praise Him in the firmament of His power.

Trees and pragmatics

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