depth

«depth» in Mova's judaism dictionary: how deep something is, how far it goes down from the top — 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 (depth, depths)

meaning for a pupil

1) Depth is how deep something is, how far it goes down from the top. tree →

2) Depth is also how far back something goes, like the depth of a shelf. tree →

3) The depths are the deepest parts, like the depths of the ocean. tree →

4) «In depth» means in a full, careful way. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Torah it often means the deep waters of the sea or underground springs. Interpretation: Sefer Yetzirah speaks of "depth" as one of the ten directions of the world, along with height, east, west, north and south. In the primary lessons: maths: a measure of length downward; with length and width it gives volume (length × width × depth); science: the depth of the ocean, the depth of snow or rain; safety: check the depth of water before you jump in; phrases: «out of your depth» means in water too deep, or in something too hard

examples

• The deeps cover them — they went down into the depths like a stone. (Torah EXO.15.5, JPS 1917) tree →
• For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths, springing forth in valleys and hills; (Torah DEU.8.7, JPS 1917) tree →
• For a fire is kindled in My nostril, and burneth unto the depths of the nether-world, and devoureth the earth with her produce, and setteth ablaze the foundations of the mountains. (Torah DEU.32.22, JPS 1917) tree →
• Out of the depths have I called Thee, O LORD. (Writings PSA.130.1, JPS 1917) tree →
• Behold, He spreadeth His light upon it; and He covereth the depths of the sea. (Writings JOB.36.30, JPS 1917) tree →
• By His knowledge the depths were broken up, and the skies drop down the dew. (Writings PRO.3.20, JPS 1917) tree →
• The depth of the pool is 3 meters. tree →
• Find the depth of the water. tree →
• The tank has a depth of 50 cm. tree →
• The depth grows by 2 cm each hour. tree →
• Never dive in without checking the depth. tree →
• The deepest part of the ocean is about 11 kilometers down. tree →
• We studied volcanoes in depth. tree →
• The waters foamed in the depths below him. tree →

note

A length; multiply length × width × depth for volume. Trap: keep units the same before multiplying. Spelling: dep-t-h, from deep.

In the corpora

• The deeps cover them — they went down into the depths like a stone.
• 'Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God: ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.'
• The Lord said: 'I will bring back from Bashan, I will bring them back from the depths of the sea;
• The waters saw Thee, O God; the waters saw Thee, they were in pain; the depths also trembled.
• In whose hand are the depths of the earth; the heights of the mountains are His also.

Trees and pragmatics

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