beneath

«beneath» in Mova's judaism dictionary: Under or below something — 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) Under or below something. tree →

2) beneath someone: not good enough for someone, or too low for them to do (often proud or rude). tree →

sense in the lessons

Common in stories and poems as a more literary word for "under". In science: roots beneath the soil, rocks beneath the sea. Phrases: beneath the surface, beneath you, beneath contempt.

examples

• And thou shalt put it under the ledge round the altar beneath, that the net may reach halfway up the altar. (Torah EXO.27.5, JPS 1917) tree →
• And he made for the altar a grating of network of brass, under the ledge round it beneath, reaching halfway up. (Torah EXO.38.4, JPS 1917) tree →
• that they might be double beneath, and in like manner they should be complete unto the top thereof unto the first ring. (Torah EXO.36.29, JPS 1917) tree →
• The shades tremble beneath the waters and the inhabitants thereof. (Writings JOB.26.5, JPS 1917) tree →
• His roots shall dry up beneath, and above shall his branch wither. (Writings JOB.18.16, JPS 1917) tree →
• The path of life goeth upward for the wise, that he may depart from the nether-world beneath. (Writings PRO.15.24, JPS 1917) tree →
• The cat slept beneath the table. tree →
• Beneath the soil, roots grow deep. tree →
• There is hot rock far beneath the Earth's surface. tree →
• She hid the letter beneath her pillow. tree →
• He thinks washing up is beneath him. tree →
• Write your name beneath the title. tree →
• The fish swam beneath the ice. tree →
• Meet here beneath this ash-tree's roots. tree →

note

More formal or literary than "under" or "below". "Beneath him" is about pride, not place. Opposite: above, over.

In the corpora

• And thou shalt put it under the ledge round the altar beneath, that the net may reach halfway up the altar.
• that they might be double beneath, and in like manner they should be complete unto the top thereof unto the first ring.
• And he made for the altar a grating of network of brass, under the ledge round it beneath, reaching halfway up.
• The path of life goeth upward for the wise, that he may depart from the nether-world beneath.
• His roots shall dry up beneath, and above shall his branch wither.

Trees and pragmatics

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