district

«district» in Mova's judaism dictionary: an area of a town, city or country, often with its own… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (district, districts)

meaning for a pupil

1) A district is an area of a town, city or country, often with its own name or purpose. tree →

2) A district is an area marked out by a government for running schools, voting, courts and other services. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It means an administrative region of a city or area. In Nehemiah, rulers of districts repaired parts of Jerusalem's wall. Interpretation: The wall builders worked by district, which the tradition sees as shared work for the whole people. In the primary lessons: In geography lessons, districts are parts of cities or counties. In the USA, a «school district» runs the local schools. In everyday life: shopping district, business district, Lake District. Phrases: «school district», «the Lake District», «shopping district», «district council».

examples

• Next unto him repaired Hashabiah, the ruler of half the district of Keilah, for his district. (Writings NEH.3.17, JPS 1917) tree →
• And next unto them repaired Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler of half the district of Jerusalem. (Writings NEH.3.9, JPS 1917) tree →
• After him repaired their brethren, Bavvai the son of Henadad, the ruler of half the district of Keilah. (Writings NEH.3.18, JPS 1917) tree →
• We live in a quiet district near the river. tree →
• Our school district has twelve schools. tree →
• The shopping district is busy on Saturdays. tree →
• The Lake District has mountains and lakes. tree →
• Each district has its own council. tree →
• The old district has narrow streets. tree →
• Firefighters from three districts helped. tree →
• Indeed, save in the remote country districts, the dialect of the legends has nearly disappeared. tree →

note

Countable: «a district», «districts». Similar: «area», «neighbourhood», «region», «zone». Proper names take capitals: «the Lake District». Not a number word, but problems may count people per district.

In the corpora

• And next unto them repaired Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler of half the district of Jerusalem.
• And next unto him repaired Shallum the son of Hallohesh, the ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, he and his daughters.
• Next unto him repaired Hashabiah, the ruler of half the district of Keilah, for his district.
• After him repaired their brethren, Bavvai the son of Henadad, the ruler of half the district of Keilah.

Trees and pragmatics

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