beam
part of speech
noun (beam, beams); verb (beam, beams, beamed, beaming)
meaning for a pupil
1) A beam is a long, strong piece of wood or metal that holds up a roof or floor in a building. tree →
2) A beam is also a line of light, like a beam from a torch. tree →
3) To beam is to smile very widely and happily. tree →
4) A balance beam is a narrow bar that gymnasts walk and jump on. tree →
5) To beam something is to send it, like a signal or a picture. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Kings and the Song of Songs beams are cedar timbers in the Temple and in houses. Solomon's building had beams in rows with light over against light. Interpretation: The Hebrew word karan can mean horn or ray, so Moses is sometimes drawn with horns. Tradition reads his shining face as a sign that God's glory had touched him. The cedar beams of the Temple are read as showing the care given to God's house. In the primary lessons: a length that is cut or a thing counted in a building; in science: a beam of light travels in a straight line, mirrors bounce beams; in sport: gymnasts on the balance beam; in stories: a lighthouse beam, someone beaming with joy; phrases: «a beam of light», «beam with pride», «on the beam»
examples
- And when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face sent forth beams; and they were afraid to come nigh him. (Torah EXO.34.30, JPS 1917) tree →
- And the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses' face sent forth beams; and Moses put the veil back upon his face, until he went in to speak with Him. (Torah EXO.34.35, JPS 1917) tree →
- He also formed and designed from his Spirit, and from the void and formless made earth, even as a rampart, or standing wall, and varied its surface even as the crossing of beams. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) tree →
- The beams of our houses are cedars, and our panels are cypresses. (Writings SNG.1.17, JPS 1917) tree →
- And there were beams in three rows; and light was over against light in three ranks. (Prophets 1KI.7.4, JPS 1917) tree →
- And he built the inner court with three rows of hewn stone, and a row of cedar beams. (Prophets 1KI.6.36, JPS 1917) tree →
- The beam is 6 metres long. tree →
- They cut the beam into 3 equal parts. tree →
- The roof needs 12 beams. tree →
- Each beam weighs 40 kg. tree →
- A beam of light came from the lighthouse. tree →
- Light beams travel in straight lines. tree →
- She beamed when she got her prize. tree →
- The gymnast did a cartwheel on the beam. tree →
- Old houses have wooden beams on the ceiling. tree →
- Her face beamed when she exclaimed this. tree →
note
A length to be cut: 3 parts need 2 cuts. Lengths of parts add to the whole beam. In science, a beam shows light goes in straight lines. «Beaming» (smiling) is about feelings, not numbers.
In the corpora
- So he built the house, and finished it; and he covered in the house with planks of cedar over beams.
- And he built the inner court with three rows of hewn stone, and a row of cedar beams.
- And there were beams in three rows; and light was over against light in three ranks.
- For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
- The beams of our houses are cedars, and our panels are cypresses.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «beam» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.