aught

«aught» in Mova's judaism dictionary: anything at all — 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

pronoun (old use)

meaning for a pupil

1) (old use) Aught means anything at all. tree →

2) In «for aught I know» it means as far as I know, for all I know. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Torah it means "anything," as in "aught of the carcass." Interpretation: The laws of uncleanness are read as teaching that even a small contact with the dead can make a person unclean until evening. In the primary lessons: in fairy tales and old stories, a way of asking if someone knows anything about a matter.

examples

And whosoever beareth aught of the carcass of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even. (Torah LEV.11.25, JPS 1917) tree →
And if aught of their carcass fall upon any sowing seed which is to be sown, it is clean. (Torah LEV.11.37, JPS 1917) tree →
And if a man will redeem aught of his tithe, he shall add unto it the fifth part thereof. (Torah LEV.27.31, JPS 1917) tree →
For all this Job sinned not, nor ascribed aught unseemly to God. (Writings JOB.1.22, JPS 1917) tree →
If I have withheld aught that the poor desired, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail; (Writings JOB.31.16, JPS 1917) tree →
And they said: 'Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken aught of any man's hand.' (Prophets 1SA.12.4, JPS 1917) tree →
Do you know aught of the lost boy? tree →
If you hear aught, come and tell me. tree →
She may be at home, for aught I know. tree →

note

nothing for maths; in old tales «aught» means anything, not zero, so do not read it as a count

In the corpora

Trees and pragmatics

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

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