brightness

«brightness» in Mova's judaism dictionary: How much light something gives off or reflects; a bright… — 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

noun (brightness — uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) How much light something gives off or reflects; a bright lamp has high brightness. tree →

2) How strong and clear a colour is. tree →

3) A cheerful, lively quality in a person's face, voice or mood. tree →

4) The setting on a screen that makes it lighter or darker. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Tanakh brightness is often the shining light of God's glory, and the lack of it means gloom and judgment. Interpretation: Tradition reads God's brightness as a sign of His presence. The prophets' "day of the LORD" with no brightness is a day of darkness and warning. In the primary lessons: In science it is about light: the Sun's brightness, the brightness of stars, how a bulb's brightness changes in a circuit. In everyday life it is the screen setting on a phone or tablet. In stories it describes sunshine, colours or a happy face. Phrases: «turn down the brightness», «the brightness of the sun», «full brightness».

examples

• Even very dark, and no brightness in it? (Prophets AMO.5.20, JPS 1917) tree →
• At the brightness before Him coals of fire flamed forth. (Prophets 2SA.22.13, JPS 1917) tree →
• If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness; (Writings JOB.31.26, JPS 1917) tree →
• The brightness of the sun hurt my eyes. tree →
• Turn the brightness down on your tablet before bed. tree →
• We tested how the brightness of the bulb changed with two batteries. tree →
• Some stars have a greater brightness than others. tree →
• The brightness of the paint made the classroom cheerful. tree →
• Her smile had a brightness that made everyone feel welcome. tree →
• Never look straight at the sun, whatever its brightness. tree →
• The candles were now lighted--what brightness! tree →

note

Uncountable: say «the brightness», not «a brightness» (except in stories: «a brightness in her eyes»). Made from «bright» + «-ness». A star's brightness in the sky does not tell you its real size; it may just be closer.

In the corpora

• At the brightness before Him coals of fire flamed forth.
• And nations shall walk at thy light, and kings at the brightness of thy rising.
• Even very dark, and no brightness in it?
• And a brightness appeareth as the light; rays hath He at His side; and there is the hiding of His power.
• At the brightness before Him, there passed through His thick clouds hailstones and coals of fire.

Trees and pragmatics

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