dawn

«dawn» in Mova's judaism dictionary: the time in the early morning when light first appears in… — 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 (dawn, dawns); verb (dawn, dawns, dawned, dawning)

meaning for a pupil

1) Dawn is the time in the early morning when light first appears in the sky, just before the sun rises. tree →

2) Dawn is the beginning of something: the dawn of time. tree →

3) To dawn means to begin to get light. tree →

4) «It dawned on me» means I suddenly understood or realised. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Psalms it is the early light of morning, the time for prayer and hope. The psalmist says he will wake the dawn with song. Interpretation: Tradition reads this as meaning that the psalmist, or King David, rose before daylight to praise God. Jews value early morning prayer. In the primary lessons: In science: dawn and dusk come from the Earth spinning; at dawn the sky lightens because sunlight is scattered in the air before the sun is above the horizon. In nature, birds sing the «dawn chorus». In history, Anzac Day dawn services in Australia and New Zealand. In stories, dawn often marks a new start or the end of a dangerous night. Phrases: at dawn, from dawn till dusk, dawn chorus, at the crack of dawn, dawn broke, it dawned on me.

examples

• Awake, psaltery and harp; I will awake the dawn. (Writings PSA.108.3, JPS 1917) tree →
• Awake, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp; I will awake the dawn. (Writings PSA.57.9, JPS 1917) tree →
• I rose early at dawn, and cried; I hoped in Thy word. (Writings PSA.119.147, JPS 1917) tree →
• We got up at dawn to see the sunrise. tree →
• The birds' dawn chorus woke me up. tree →
• Farmers work from dawn till dusk. tree →
• It dawned on me that I had left my bag on the bus. tree →
• Dawn broke over the mountains. tree →
• We set off at the crack of dawn. tree →
• People gathered for the Anzac Day dawn service. tree →

note

Countable or uncountable: «at dawn» (no «the»). Opposite: dusk. Similar: daybreak, sunrise (sunrise is the moment the sun appears; dawn is the light before it). Dawn is also a girl's name.

In the corpora

• Awake, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp; I will awake the dawn.
• Awake, psaltery and harp; I will awake the dawn.
• I rose early at dawn, and cried; I hoped in Thy word.
• But the path of the righteous is as the light of dawn, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
• Cats sleep about twelve to sixteen hours a day and are most active at dawn and dusk, when their prey is too.

Trees and pragmatics

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