counting

«counting» in Mova's judaism dictionary: The act of numbering or reckoning things — 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

meaning for a pupil

The act of numbering or reckoning things. tree →

sense in the lessons

Interpretation: The word sefirot is linked to counting, and so the ten sefirot are the "countings" through which the world is said to be ordered.

examples

• The word sefirot by itself is the plural action noun of סָפַר safar 'to count', thus meaning literally 'countings'. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) tree →

note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

In the corpora

• Slow breathing, such as breathing in while counting to four and out while counting to six, helps calm a racing heart.
• Counting letter by letter, slowly, beats guessing quickly, and you can show each step.
• A clam from Iceland named Ming lived about five hundred and seven years, worked out by counting the growth rings on its shell.
• Fossils, tests and careful counting beat cartoons and myths, from the Flintstones riding dinosaurs to elephants scared of mice.
• Counting is a superpower in biology.

Trees and pragmatics

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