deliver
part of speech
verb (deliver, delivers, delivered, delivering)
meaning for a pupil
1) To deliver means to take letters, parcels or goods to a place or person: the postman delivers the post. tree →
2) To deliver a speech or talk means to give it to an audience. tree →
3) To deliver a baby means to help it be born. tree →
4) To deliver means to do what you promised: they delivered on time. tree →
5) To deliver from danger (old use) means to rescue. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It means to rescue or save someone, to hand over, or to give birth. Interpretation: Tradition links God's "delivering" with the rescue from Egypt, a central idea of redemption. In the primary lessons: In everyday life: post, parcels, pizza and food deliveries; safety — do not open the door to delivery people when home alone, let an adult deal with them. In maths, delivery problems: a van delivers 24 boxes to each of 5 shops — how many in all? (multiply). At school, pupils deliver presentations to the class. Phrases: deliver a parcel, deliver a speech, home delivery, deliver on a promise.
examples
- And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb. (Torah GEN.25.24, JPS 1917) tree →
- Thou shalt not deliver unto his master a bondman that is escaped from his master unto thee; (Torah DEU.23.15, JPS 1917) tree →
- And Reuben heard it, and delivered him out of their hand; and said: 'Let us not take his life.' (Torah GEN.37.21, JPS 1917) tree →
- Or have I no power to deliver? (Prophets ISA.50.2, JPS 1917) tree →
- But Jeremiah said: 'They shall not deliver thee. (Prophets JER.38.20, JPS 1917) tree →
- Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying: The LORD will deliver us. (Prophets ISA.36.18, JPS 1917) tree →
- The postman delivers our letters every morning. tree →
- The shop will deliver the new sofa on Friday. tree →
- A driver delivers 36 parcels in a morning and 28 in the afternoon. How many is that in all? tree →
- Maya delivered her talk about volcanoes to the class. tree →
- The midwife delivered the baby safely. tree →
- Don't open the door to a delivery person if you are on your own. tree →
- The team delivered the project on time. tree →
- "What should I deliver?" said Tom. tree →
note
Regular verb: delivered, delivering. Noun: delivery (plural deliveries); «deliverer» is rare — say «delivery driver». Maths: «each», «per» or «every» in delivery problems usually means multiplication or division.
In the corpora
- And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.
- And Reuben heard it, and delivered him out of their hand; and said: 'Let us not take his life.'
- So there were delivered, out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
- And the LORD our God delivered him up before us; and we smote him, and his sons, and all his people.
- And when the LORD thy God delivereth it into thy hand, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword;
Trees and pragmatics
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