behind

«behind» in Mova's judaism dictionary: at the back of something: «behind the tree» — 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

preposition, adverb

meaning for a pupil

1) Behind means at the back of something: «behind the tree». tree →

2) Behind means after someone in a line or a race. tree →

3) Behind can mean late or slower than others: «behind with homework». tree →

4) Behind can mean left in a place: «I left my bag behind». tree →

sense in the lessons

after someone in a line: in a line of N, the Kth from the front has N − K people behind; in a race, a runner behind is losing; phrases: «behind you», «left behind», «fall behind», «behind the scenes»

examples

• The families of the Gershonites were to pitch behind the tabernacle westward; (Torah NUM.3.23, JPS 1917) tree →
• But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt. (Torah GEN.19.26, JPS 1917) tree →
• And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in the thicket by his horns. (Torah GEN.22.13, JPS 1917) tree →
• Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest My words behind thee. (Writings PSA.50.17, JPS 1917) tree →
• Thy temples are like a pomegranate split open behind thy veil. (Writings SNG.6.7, JPS 1917) tree →
• And when he looked behind him, he saw me, and called unto me. (Prophets 2SA.1.7, JPS 1917) tree →
• How many people are behind her? tree →
• Ben stands behind 5 children. tree →
• 7 runners are behind Zoe. tree →
• The cat is hiding behind the sofa. tree →
• Our team was 2 goals behind at half-time. tree →
• I left my coat behind at school. tree →
• Don't fall behind with your reading. tree →
• The sun went behind a cloud. tree →
• The Fiddler hid behind the stove-pipe. tree →

note

In a line of N, the Kth from the front has N − K people behind. Trap: «behind 5 children» makes Ben the 6th. «behind» is the opposite of «in front of».

In the corpora

• But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
• And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in the thicket by his horns.
• The families of the Gershonites were to pitch behind the tabernacle westward;
• And when he looked behind him, he saw me, and called unto me.
• And he looked behind him and saw them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD.

Trees and pragmatics

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