doings
part of speech
noun, plural only (doings)
meaning for a pupil
Doings are the things a person does or has done, their actions, often ones that get judged as good or bad: the doings of a naughty goblin. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Torah it means the customs and practices of other nations, which Israel is told not to copy. Interpretation: Tradition reads this as a call for Israel to be set apart by holy conduct and not follow the habits of Egypt or Canaan. In the primary lessons: in stories, the doings of a character are their deeds, often used to show that they are being judged for them: «all his evil doings» are the bad things he did.
examples
- Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their doings; but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and break in pieces their pillars. (Torah EXO.23.24, JPS 1917) tree →
- After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do; and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do; neither shall ye walk in their statutes. (Torah LEV.18.3, JPS 1917) tree →
- He that fashioneth the hearts of them all, that considereth all their doings. (Writings PSA.33.15, JPS 1917) tree →
- I will meditate also upon all Thy work, and muse on Thy doings.' (Writings PSA.77.13, JPS 1917) tree →
- Thus were they defiled with their works, and went astray in their doings. (Writings PSA.106.39, JPS 1917) tree →
- These are the doings of our new puppy, who chews everything. tree →
- The king told the court about the doings of his brother. tree →
- Her kind doings made the whole village happy. tree →
- Mum laughed at my doings in the garden. tree →
note
nothing for maths
In the corpora
- Wash you, make you clean, put away the evil of your doings from before Mine eyes, cease to do evil;
- Say ye of the righteous, that it shall be well with him; for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
- Nay, but if ye thoroughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye thoroughly execute justice between a man and his neighbour;
- And the LORD gave me knowledge of it, and I knew it; then Thou showedst me their doings.
- And it is like people, like priest; and I will punish him for his ways, and will recompense him his doings.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «doings» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.