apple

«apple» in Mova's judaism dictionary: a round fruit that grows on a tree; it can be red, green… — 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

noun (apple, apples)

meaning for a pupil

1) An apple is a round fruit that grows on a tree; it can be red, green or yellow and has small seeds in the middle. tree →

2) An apple tree is the tree that grows apples. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: "The apple of His eye" means the pupil of the eye, the most precious and carefully guarded part. In Proverbs the same saying is used for the teaching a person should guard, and "apples of gold" means beautiful, fitting words. In the Song of Songs apples are a sweet, refreshing fruit of love. Interpretation: Tradition reads it as showing how tenderly God guarded Israel in the wilderness. The rabbis read the Song of Songs as a love song between God and Israel, so the apples stand for the sweetness of that bond. In the primary lessons: a fruit put on and taken off the table; a counted thing in problems; in science the apple is a fruit that holds seeds (the story of Newton and the falling apple and gravity); in everyday life lunchbox snacks, apple juice, apple pie; «an apple a day keeps the doctor away»

examples

• He found him in a desert land, and in the waste, a howling wilderness; He compassed him about, He cared for him, He kept him as the apple of His eye. (Torah DEU.32.10, JPS 1917) tree →
• A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver. (Writings PRO.25.11, JPS 1917) tree →
• 'Stay ye me with dainties, refresh me with apples; for I am love-sick.' (Writings SNG.2.5, JPS 1917) tree →
• Keep my commandments and live, and my teaching as the apple of thine eye. (Writings PRO.7.2, JPS 1917) tree →
• I place two apples on the table. tree →
• There were 9 apples. Tom ate 1 of them. tree →
• A basket holds 6 apples. How many apples are in 4 baskets? tree →
• Nora has 5 apples and Ali has 8 apples. tree →
• I have an apple in my lunchbox. tree →
• We picked apples at the farm in autumn. tree →
• Cut the apple in half and look at the seeds. tree →
• Grandma makes the best apple pie. tree →
• The apples were beginning to roast. tree →

note

Say «an apple», not «a apple». The thing being counted; it is a fruit, so it also counts in «how many fruits». Trap: do not add apples to cups or pencils unless the question asks for all things. Wash an apple before eating it; the seeds should not be eaten in large amounts.

In the corpora

• Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me in the shadow of Thy wings,
• Keep my commandments and live, and my teaching as the apple of thine eye.
• A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.
• As an apple-tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons.
• 'Stay ye me with dainties, refresh me with apples; for I am love-sick.'

Trees and pragmatics

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