beautiful

«beautiful» in Mova's judaism dictionary: very pleasant to look at, hear or experience — 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

adjective (beautiful, more beautiful, most beautiful)

meaning for a pupil

1) Beautiful means very pleasant to look at, hear or experience. tree →

2) Beautiful can mean very good or kind, as in a beautiful thing to do. tree →

sense in the lessons

Interpretation: In the Torah Joseph and Rachel are praised for their beauty. Tradition reads their beauty as a gift that also brought them trouble and test. In the primary lessons: In everyday life and stories, beautiful describes nature, music, people, places and kind actions. In writing lessons pupils learn to use stronger or more exact words too (stunning, lovely, graceful). Phrases: a beautiful day, beautifully done, beautiful music.

examples

• And Joseph was of beautiful form, and fair to look upon. (Torah GEN.39.6, JPS 1917) tree →
• And Leah's eyes were weak; but Rachel was of beautiful form and fair to look upon. (Torah GEN.29.17, JPS 1917) tree →
• How beautiful are thy steps in sandals, O prince's daughter! (Writings SNG.7.2, JPS 1917) tree →
• Now he was ruddy, and withal of beautiful eyes, and goodly to look upon. (Prophets 1SA.16.12, JPS 1917) tree →
• Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners. (Writings SNG.6.4, JPS 1917) tree →
• What a beautiful sunset! tree →
• The garden is beautiful in spring. tree →
• She sang a beautiful song. tree →
• The princess wore a beautiful dress. tree →
• It was a beautiful day for a picnic. tree →
• Helping your friend was a beautiful thing to do. tree →
• Your handwriting is beautifully neat. tree →
• The beach was beautiful, with white sand and blue water. tree →
• It was very beautiful to behold. tree →

note

Spelling trap: b-e-a-u-t-i-f-u-l, with one l at the end (-ful). Comparatives: more beautiful, most beautiful (not beautifuller). Adverb: beautifully (double l). Noun: beauty. Real beauty is not only about looks; people are beautiful in many ways.

In the corpora

• And Leah's eyes were weak; but Rachel was of beautiful form and fair to look upon.
• And Joseph was of beautiful form, and fair to look upon.
• Now he was ruddy, and withal of beautiful eyes, and goodly to look upon.
• And I put a ring upon thy nose, and earrings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thy head.
• Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners.

Trees and pragmatics

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