commentary

«commentary» in Mova's judaism dictionary: A spoken description of an event, such as a football… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a commentary, commentaries; also uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) A spoken description of an event, such as a football match or race, given while it happens on TV or radio. tree →

2) A set of written notes that explain a book, such as a Bible commentary. tree →

3) Opinions and remarks about something: «social commentary». tree →

sense in the lessons

Interpretation: Jewish learning grows through commentaries on the Torah and other books, such as those of Rashi. Sefer Yetzirah has had many commentaries over the centuries. In Chronicles the word names an old written record or account by a prophet or about the kings. In the primary lessons: In everyday life children hear sports commentary; in church a Bible commentary explains verses. In English lessons pupils write commentaries on poems or give a running commentary of a science experiment. Phrases: «live commentary», «running commentary» (non-stop comments), «Bible commentary», «a commentary on».

examples

• A Version with the commentary of Rabbi Abraham (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
• A Version with the commentary of Rabbi Abraham F. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
• Dr. Steinshneider (see Magazin fuer Literatur des Auslandes, 1845) and Dr. Cassel (in his commentary to the book entitled Kusari,) maintain that the ancient Jewish (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →
• And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his sayings, are written in the commentary of the prophet Iddo. (Writings 2CH.13.22, JPS 1917) tree →
• Now concerning his sons, and the multitude of the burdens against him, and the rebuilding of the house of God, behold, they are written in the commentary of the book of the kings. (Writings 2CH.24.27, JPS 1917) tree →
• We listened to the radio commentary of the match. tree →
• The commentary got very excited when she scored. tree →
• Stop giving a running commentary on everything I do! tree →
• The vicar uses a Bible commentary to prepare sermons. tree →
• The film has a director's commentary. tree →
• The cartoon is a commentary on how people waste plastic. tree →

note

Plural commentaries. The person is a commentator; the verb is «commentate» (sport) or «comment». Stress: COM-men-tary (in the USA often COM-men-tair-ee).

In the corpora

• In commentary and response, the second team builds on the first team's ideas and raises questions, rather than attacking.

Trees and pragmatics

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