beyond
part of speech
preposition (beyond); adverb (beyond); noun (the beyond)
meaning for a pupil
1) Beyond means on the far side of something, further away than it. tree →
2) Beyond means later than a certain time or more than a certain amount. tree →
3) Beyond means too much for something, as in «beyond belief» or «beyond repair». tree →
4) The beyond is the unknown, or what some people believe comes after death. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Often means "on the other side of the Jordan River," the land east of where Israel entered. It can also mean farther than, or too great for: God is great beyond our knowledge. Isaiah uses it for a far land beyond the rivers of Ethiopia. Interpretation: The tradition reads "beyond our knowledge" as meaning that God cannot be fully understood by people. In the primary lessons: In maths, «beyond» can mean «greater than», as in counting beyond 100. In geography and stories, places are «beyond the mountains» or «beyond the sea», which makes them sound far and mysterious. In science, space is beyond the Earth's atmosphere. Phrases: «beyond repair», «beyond belief», «beyond your reach», «above and beyond», «to infinity and beyond».
examples
- And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond Migdal-eder. (Torah GEN.35.21, JPS 1917) tree →
- Then Moses separated three cities beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising; (Torah DEU.4.41, JPS 1917) tree →
- beyond the Jordan, in the land of Moab, took Moses upon him to expound this law, saying: (Torah DEU.1.5, JPS 1917) tree →
- Gilead abode beyond the Jordan; and Dan, why doth he sojourn by the ships? (Prophets JDG.5.17, JPS 1917) tree →
- Behold, God is great, beyond our knowledge; the number of His years is unsearchable. (Writings JOB.36.26, JPS 1917) tree →
- Ah, land of the buzzing of wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia; (Prophets ISA.18.1, JPS 1917) tree →
- The village is just beyond the hill. tree →
- Can you count beyond one hundred? tree →
- Don't go beyond the fence. tree →
- The broken toy was beyond repair. tree →
- The view was beautiful beyond words. tree →
- Space stretches far beyond our solar system. tree →
- The match went on beyond five o'clock. tree →
- She went above and beyond to help me. tree →
- Beyond it again lies the Many-Coloured Land. tree →
note
Mostly a preposition: «beyond the river». Spelling: beyond with «y» then «-ond». In maths, «beyond 100» means more than 100 but does not tell you how much more. «It's beyond me» means «I can't understand it».
In the corpora
- And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond Migdal-eder.
- And the children of Israel journeyed, and pitched in the plains of Moab beyond the Jordan at Jericho.
- But if the manslayer shall at any time go beyond the border of his city of refuge, whither he fleeth;
- beyond the Jordan, in the land of Moab, took Moses upon him to expound this law, saying:
- Then Moses separated three cities beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising;
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «beyond» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.