below
part of speech
preposition, adverb (below)
meaning for a pupil
1) Below means lower than something or under it: «the flat below ours». tree →
2) Below means less than a number or level: «below zero», «below 10». tree →
3) In writing, «below» means later on the page: «see the picture below». tree →
sense in the lessons
Interpretation: In Sefer Yetzirah, "below" is one of the six directions, which God sealed with a form of His holy name. In the primary lessons: In school maths: lower in place, or less than a number (below zero, below 10); negative numbers on a thermometer or number line. In science: temperatures below freezing; sea level; layers below the ground. In everyday life: «see below», «below the line». Phrases: «below zero», «below average», «below sea level», «see below».
examples
- And Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried below Beth-el under the oak; and the name of it was called Allon-bacuth. (Torah GEN.35.8, JPS 1917) tree →
- Sixth ; He looked below, and sealed the Depth (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
- Six—He sealed Below and faced downwards and sealed it with Yod-Waw-Heh. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) tree →
- The temperature is 3 degrees below zero. tree →
- Write a number below 20. tree →
- The shelf below has 8 books. tree →
- How many numbers below 10 are even? tree →
- Write your answer in the box below. tree →
- Water freezes when it is below 0 °C. tree →
- Some of the Netherlands is below sea level. tree →
- The fish swam below the boat. tree →
- The remaining amendments are listed below. tree →
note
Opposite: «above». «Below» and «under» are close, but «under» means right underneath or covered. Maths: «below 10» means less than 10, not including 10. Trap: below zero means negative (3 below zero is −3).
In the corpora
- An overdraft lets you spend below zero, which is borrowing, and banks charge high interest on it.
- Five lines give a good range of notes; for notes above or below the staff, short extra lines are added.
- An iron bell-pull hung by the side, and below it, on a small brass plate ...
- Ice melts at 0 °C; chocolate melts at about 34 °C, just below the temperature inside your mouth.
- Frost forms when water vapour turns straight into ice on a surface below freezing.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «below» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.