buy
part of speech
verb (buy, buys, bought, buying); noun (a good buy)
meaning for a pupil
1) To buy is to get something by paying money for it. tree →
2) A buy is something bought: this coat was a good buy (it was worth the money). tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Jacob's sons went down to Egypt to buy grain in the famine. This begins the journey that brought them to Joseph and then to the whole family's coming to Egypt. Proverbs uses buying as a picture: "Buy the truth, and sell it not", and in Ruth a kinsman buys land by drawing off his shoe. Interpretation: The rabbis read "Buy the truth" as meaning that wisdom is worth any cost and must never be given up. The shoe in Ruth was the old way of making a purchase official. In the primary lessons: getting more things, on different days or in packs; or spending money; in maths shop problems: the buyer gets more things (add) but has less money (subtract the price); «buy N packs of M» = N × M; in everyday life shopping, «buy one, get one free»
examples
- And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn from Egypt. (Torah GEN.42.3, JPS 1917) tree →
- And our father said: Go again, buy us a little food. (Torah GEN.44.25, JPS 1917) tree →
- And other money have we brought down in our hand to buy food. (Torah GEN.43.22, JPS 1917) tree →
- Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. (Writings PRO.23.23, JPS 1917) tree →
- So the near kinsman said unto Boaz: 'Buy it for thyself.' And he drew off his shoe. (Writings RUT.4.8, JPS 1917) tree →
- Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, seeing he hath no understanding? (Writings PRO.17.16, JPS 1917) tree →
- Ben bought 6 cards on Monday and 5 cards on Tuesday. How many cards did Ben buy in total? tree →
- Mia buys 8 packs of cards. A pack holds 3 cards. tree →
- Sam has 20 pence and buys a pen for 7 pence. How much money is left? tree →
- We buy bread at the bakery. tree →
- I saved my pocket money to buy a new ball. tree →
- Mum bought a bag of apples for 3 dollars. tree →
- Can I buy a ticket here? tree →
- It is cheaper to buy a big pack. tree →
- “But why did you buy me? tree →
note
Past form «bought» (not «buyed»). Buying gives the buyer more things: with two buys and «in total» add, with «packs … a pack holds» multiply. Trap: the money goes down when you buy: subtract the price. Do not mix «buy» with «by» and «bye»: all three sound the same.
In the corpora
- And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph to buy corn; because the famine was sore in all the earth.
- Get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die.'
- And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn from Egypt.
- And the sons of Israel came to buy among those that came; for the famine was in the land of Caanan.
- And they said unto him: 'Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «buy» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.