comment

«comment» in Mova's judaism dictionary: something you say or write that gives your opinion or… — 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 (a comment, comments); verb (comment, comments, commented, commenting)

meaning for a pupil

1) A comment is something you say or write that gives your opinion or explains something. tree →

2) To comment is to say or write such a remark: «He commented on my drawing.» tree →

3) A comment is a message people write under a post or video online. tree →

4) In computer code, a comment is a note for people that the computer ignores. tree →

sense in the lessons

In school, teachers write comments on homework and reports; pupils give kind, helpful comments in peer feedback («two stars and a wish»). In online safety lessons, children learn not to post unkind comments, not to share personal information in comments, and to report nasty ones. Phrases: «make a comment», «comment on», «no comment», «leave a comment».

examples

• Onqelos, who renders it into Aramaic as צָדְיָא וְרוֹקָנְיָא tzadya weroqanya ‘(and the earth was) barren and desolate’ (https://cal.huc.edu/comment.php?coord=5100101021). (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) tree →
• The following interesting comment is from Rabbi Moses Botarel:-"It was Abraham our Father-blessed be he who wrote this book to condemn the doctrine of the sages of his time, who were incredulous of the supreme dogma of the Unity. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
• THERE is hardly another book in Jewish literature, the Bible and the Talmud excepted, that has been so much commented upon as the Sefer Yetzirah. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
• The teacher wrote a nice comment on my story. tree →
• She made a funny comment about the weather. tree →
• Please don't comment on how people look. tree →
• Leave a kind comment under your friend's drawing. tree →
• I read the comments under the video. tree →
• «No comment,» said the footballer to reporters. tree →
• He commented that the room was cold. tree →
• Report rude comments to an adult. tree →

note

Pattern: «comment on something», «comment that…». Noun: commentary (a running description, like in sports); person: commentator. Online rule: never write a comment you would not say face to face.

In the corpora

• Comments about how someone's face or body looks turn into accusations; «you look well» is enough.
• Never comment on someone's weight; you don't know if they are ill, grieving or just healthier.
• Guessing beyond it is not clever; it can hurt a family with young children who can read the comments.
• When someone says they are hurt by comments, the kind thing is to listen, not to argue.
• Celebrities are real people with real feelings, and many have said cruel comments hurt them.

Trees and pragmatics

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