besides

«besides» in Mova's judaism dictionary: as well as, in addition to: Besides apples, we bought pears — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

preposition (besides); adverb (besides)

meaning for a pupil

1) Besides means as well as, in addition to: Besides apples, we bought pears. tree →

2) Besides means except, apart from, in negative sentences and questions: Nobody besides Tom came. tree →

3) As an adverb at the start of a sentence, besides means also, and here is another reason. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday talk and stories, besides adds extra things or another reason to an argument. In writing lessons it is a joining word for giving more reasons in persuasive writing. In maths word problems, besides tells you to add something on. Phrases: besides that, and besides.

examples

• Now they that died by the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, besides them that died about the matter of Korah. (Torah NUM.16.49, JPS 1917) tree →
• And the meal-offering was presented; and he filled his hand therefrom, and made it smoke upon the altar, besides the burnt-offering of the morning. (Torah LEV.9.17, JPS 1917) tree →
• but if thou hast gone aside, being under thy husband, and if thou be defiled, and some man have lain with thee besides thy husband — (Torah NUM.5.20, JPS 1917) tree →
• But Jehoshaphat said: 'Is there not here besides a prophet of the LORD, that we might inquire of him?' (Prophets 1KI.22.7, JPS 1917) tree →
• Then I separated twelve of the chiefs of the priests, besides Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them, (Writings EZR.8.24, JPS 1917) tree →
• Now king Solomon loved many foreign women, besides the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites; (Prophets 1KI.11.1, JPS 1917) tree →
• Besides football, I also play tennis. tree →
• Who else is coming besides your cousin? tree →
• Nobody besides me knew the answer. tree →
• I don't want to go out; besides, it's raining. tree →
• Besides being clever, she is very kind. tree →
• What do you like to eat besides pizza? tree →
• Tom has 4 pets besides his dog, so he has 5 pets in all. tree →
• Besides, Kotick was a white seal. tree →

note

Trap: besides (with s) means in addition or except; beside (no s) means next to: Sit beside me. In maths, besides usually means add the extra amount, but check for except in questions like who besides.

In the corpora

• Now they that died by the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, besides them that died about the matter of Korah.
• But Jehoshaphat said: 'Is there not here besides a prophet of the LORD, that we might inquire of him?'
• Then I separated twelve of the chiefs of the priests, besides Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them,
• But Jehoshaphat said: 'Is there not here besides a prophet of the LORD, that we might inquire of him?'

Trees and pragmatics

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