call

«call» in Mova's judaism dictionary: to phone someone — 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

verb (call, calls, called, calling); noun (a call, calls)

meaning for a pupil

1) To call is to phone someone. tree →

2) To call is to shout or say loudly so someone hears. tree →

3) To call is to give a name: «We call him Max». tree →

4) To call on or call in is to visit. tree →

5) A call is a phone call, a shout, or a bird's cry. tree →

6) To call someone can also mean to summon them so that they come to you. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Torah, to call a name often shows who the person or place is, and says why. God "calls" to people, and also gives names by calling. Interpretation: The giving of a name tells something about the one named. The rabbis also read God's calling to Moses ("Moses, Moses") as a sign of love. In the primary lessons: phone calls with minutes and costs; or naming something; in everyday safety, calling 911, 999, 000 or 111 in an emergency; phrases «call back», «call off» (cancel), «call out», «call names» (insult), «is called»

examples

• And God called the firmament Heaven. (Torah GEN.1.8, JPS 1917) tree →
• And she called his name Issachar. (Torah GEN.30.18, JPS 1917) tree →
• And he called the name of it Sitnah. (Torah GEN.26.21, JPS 1917) tree →
• And the LORD called yet again Samuel. (Prophets 1SA.3.6, JPS 1917) tree →
• He that called the generations from the beginning. (Prophets ISA.41.4, JPS 1917) tree →
• And the name of the city was called Hormah. (Prophets JDG.1.17, JPS 1917) tree →
• Each call lasts 5 minutes. tree →
• A call costs 10 cents a minute. tree →
• She made 4 calls. tree →
• We call a shape with 4 equal sides a square. tree →
• Call me when you get home. tree →
• In an emergency, call 911. tree →
• The game was called off because of rain. tree →
• Mom called us in for dinner. tree →
• The owl's call echoed in the woods. tree →
• It's not kind to call people names. tree →
• But Aladdin first called the genie. tree →

note

Calls with minutes are a rate: cost = minutes × price. Trap: «is called» names a thing, no operation. Safety: emergency numbers are 911 (USA, Canada), 999 or 112 (UK, Ireland), 000 (Australia), 111 (New Zealand).

In the corpora

• And God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night.
• And God called the firmament Heaven.
• And the LORD God called unto the man, and said unto him: 'Where art thou?'
• And the man called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.
• male and female created He them, and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.

Trees and pragmatics

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