afar

«afar» in Mova's judaism dictionary: Far away, at a great distance — 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

adverb (only in phrases)

meaning for a pupil

(old-fashioned or literary) Far away, at a great distance. Used mostly in "from afar". tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Miriam watches Moses from afar, Abraham sees the mountain from afar, and the people stand afar at Sinai. Interpretation: The rabbis read the people standing afar at Sinai as awe before God's presence, while Moses alone drew near. In the primary lessons: Used in stories, poems and songs: travellers came from afar; she admired him from afar (from a distance, without talking to him). Phrases: from afar, near and afar.

examples

• And his sister stood afar off, to know what would be done to him. (Torah EXO.2.4, JPS 1917) tree →
• On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off. (Torah GEN.22.4, JPS 1917) tree →
• And the people stood afar off; but Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was. (Torah EXO.20.21, JPS 1917) tree →
• Why standest Thou afar off, O LORD? (Writings PSA.10.1, JPS 1917) tree →
• All men have looked thereon; man beholdeth it afar off. (Writings JOB.36.25, JPS 1917) tree →
• She is like the merchant-ships; she bringeth her food from afar. (Writings PRO.31.14, JPS 1917) tree →
• Visitors came from afar to see the festival. tree →
• We watched the fireworks from afar. tree →
• He admired the famous singer from afar. tree →
• From afar, the mountain looked blue. tree →
• Wise men travelled from afar in the old story. tree →
• The castle could be seen from afar. tree →
• “Drown!” answered Pinocchio from afar, happy at his escape. tree →

note

Almost always "from afar". Literary; in everyday speech say "from far away" or "from a distance". Not used as "the shop is afar" (say "far away").

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.