beaten
part of speech
verb (past participle of beat: beaten); adjective (beaten)
meaning for a pupil
1) Beaten is the form of "beat" after have or be: lost to someone in a game ("We were beaten 3–0"). tree →
2) Beaten means hit many times: "The traveller was beaten by robbers." tree →
3) Beaten (cooking) means mixed hard with a fork or whisk: "beaten eggs". tree →
4) Beaten (adjective) can mean tired and defeated, or flattened by walking, as in "a beaten path". tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Hammered out of a single piece of metal. The cherubim and lampstand were made of beaten gold. Interpretation: Beaten work is read as the finest craft, made without joining separate pieces. The lampstand is a single piece of gold, which stands for unity in the light of Israel. In the primary lessons: In sport and stories, being beaten is losing; good players learn from it. In the parable of the Good Samaritan the traveller is "beaten and left half dead". In cooking lessons, recipes ask for beaten eggs. Phrases: be beaten, beaten up (rude violence), off the beaten track (in a quiet, faraway place), can't be beaten (the best).
examples
- And he made two cherubim of gold: of beaten work made he them, at the two ends of the ark-cover: (Torah EXO.37.7, JPS 1917) tree →
- And thou shalt make two cherubim of gold; of beaten work shalt thou make them, at the two ends of the ark-cover. (Torah EXO.25.18, JPS 1917) tree →
- Their knops and their branches shall be of one piece with it; the whole of it one beaten work of pure gold. (Torah EXO.25.36, JPS 1917) tree →
- And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of gold went to one target. (Prophets 1KI.10.16, JPS 1917) tree →
- And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one target; (Writings 2CH.9.15, JPS 1917) tree →
- And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness. (Prophets JOS.8.15, JPS 1917) tree →
- We were beaten by the other school, but we played well. tree →
- Robbers left the man beaten by the side of the road. tree →
- Add two beaten eggs to the flour. tree →
- We walked along a beaten path through the woods. tree →
- Our cottage was off the beaten track. tree →
- This pizza can't be beaten! tree →
- Hitting people is never right; nobody should be beaten. tree →
- ‘Who has beaten you like this?’ asked the King. tree →
note
Verb forms: beat, beats, beat (past), beaten (past participle), beating. Trap: "We beat them" (past) vs "We were beaten" (passive). In sports scores, the first number is usually the winner's.
In the corpora
- Their knops and their branches shall be of one piece with it; the whole of it one beaten work of pure gold.
- And he made two cherubim of gold: of beaten work made he them, at the two ends of the ark-cover:
- Their knops and their branches were of one piece with it; the whole of it was one beaten work of pure gold.
- And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.
- And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of gold went to one target.
Trees and pragmatics
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