bed
part of speech
noun (bed, beds); verb (bed down — to sleep somewhere)
meaning for a pupil
1) A bed is furniture you sleep on. tree →
2) A garden bed (flower bed) is a patch of ground for plants. tree →
3) The bed of a river or sea is the ground at its bottom. tree →
4) «Go to bed» means go to sleep at night. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: A place for sleeping, or the place on which a person who is unclean lies. Touching a bed can make someone unclean. Interpretation: The bed of a person with a discharge passes uncleanness, and a person who touches it must wash and immerse. The rabbis took these laws to teach care about purity. In the primary lessons: things counted in rooms, or flower beds with rows and area; also bedtime; in science, a riverbed or seabed; phrases «go to bed», «make the bed», «bedtime», «bunk bed», «flower bed»
examples
- And Israel bowed down upon the bed's head. (Torah GEN.47.31, JPS 1917) tree →
- And whosoever toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. (Torah LEV.15.5, JPS 1917) tree →
- And whosoever toucheth her bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. (Torah LEV.15.21, JPS 1917) tree →
- In the beds where it grew it shall wither.' (Prophets EZK.17.10, JPS 1917) tree →
- I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. (Writings PRO.7.17, JPS 1917) tree →
- So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed. (Prophets 1SA.28.23, JPS 1917) tree →
- The hotel has 40 beds. tree →
- Each flower bed has 12 tulips. tree →
- He goes to bed at 8:30. tree →
- The garden bed is 6 feet long. tree →
- Please make your bed. tree →
- We sleep in bunk beds. tree →
- Crabs walk along the sea bed. tree →
- The river bed was dry in summer. tree →
- She read a story in bed. tree →
- Children need about 10 hours of sleep, so go to bed on time. tree →
- Get out of bed this minute." tree →
note
A thing counted or a shape for area. Trap: «go to bed at» gives a clock time; time asleep = wake-up time − bedtime.
In the corpora
- And Israel bowed down upon the bed's head.
- Every bed whereon he that hath the issue lieth shall be unclean; and every thing whereon he sitteth shall be unclean.
- And whosoever toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
- And whosoever toucheth her bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
- So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed.
Trees and pragmatics
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