daughter
part of speech
noun (daughter, daughters)
meaning for a pupil
A daughter is a girl or woman who is someone's child. tree →
sense in the lessons
Interpretation: The daughters of Zelophehad are praised in tradition for asking for a share in the land. The matriarchs and other women often appear as daughters of named fathers. In the primary lessons: a person in age and sharing problems; in families: a daughter and a son are sister and brother; in stories: a king's daughter is a princess; phrases: «only daughter», «eldest daughter», «mother and daughter»
examples
- and Basemath Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebaioth. (Torah GEN.36.3, JPS 1917) tree →
- And I asked her, and said: Whose daughter art thou? (Torah GEN.24.47, JPS 1917) tree →
- And he said unto his daughters: 'And where is he? (Torah EXO.2.20, JPS 1917) tree →
- Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. (Writings 1CH.2.34, JPS 1917) tree →
- And the daughter of Caleb was Achsah. (Writings 1CH.2.49, JPS 1917) tree →
- He had also seven sons and three daughters. (Writings JOB.42.13, JPS 1917) tree →
- The mother is 30 and her daughter is 6. tree →
- He gives each daughter $5. tree →
- She has 3 daughters. tree →
- How old will the daughter be in 4 years? tree →
- The baker's daughter helped in the shop on Saturdays. tree →
- Mrs Brown and her daughter look very alike. tree →
- In the story, the king's youngest daughter was the bravest. tree →
- Mother and daughter went shopping together. tree →
- "Well, daughter! have you enjoyed yourself?" tree →
note
Ages grow by the same years for all. Each daughter marks equal shares (gives each of 3 daughters $5 → $15). Spelling trap: d-a-u-g-h-t-e-r (the «gh» is silent).
In the corpora
- And the days of Adam after he begot Seth were eight hundred years; and he begot sons and daughters.
- And Seth lived after he begot Enosh eight hundred and seven years, and begot sons and daughters.
- And Enosh lived after he begot Kenan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begot sons and daughters.
- And Kenan lived after he begot Mahalalel eight hundred and forty years, and begot sons and daughters.
- And Mahalalel lived after he begot Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begot sons and daughters.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «daughter» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.