eighth
part of speech
number, adjective and noun (eighth, an eighth, eighths); adverb (eighth)
meaning for a pupil
1) Eighth means number 8 in order, after the seventh. tree →
2) An eighth is one of eight equal parts of something: 1/8. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: The eighth day is the day after a seven-day period. It is the day of circumcision for a baby boy and a special closing day of the festival of Sukkot. Interpretation: The eighth day stands for going beyond the natural world of seven days. Sukkot ends with a solemn gathering, Shemini Atzeret, the "eighth day of assembly". In the primary lessons: In maths, an eighth is a fraction: a pizza cut into 8 equal slices gives eighths; 1/8 = 0.125 = 12.5%; two eighths equal one quarter; eight eighths make one whole. In everyday life eighth tells order: the eighth floor, the eighth birthday, came eighth in a race. In music an eighth note (US) is a quaver (UK). Phrases: «the eighth of», «one eighth», «three eighths», «eighth place».
examples
- And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised. (Torah LEV.12.3, JPS 1917) tree →
- On the eighth day Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur, prince of the children of Manasseh: (Torah NUM.7.54, JPS 1917) tree →
- On the eighth day ye shall have a solemn assembly: ye shall do no manner of servile work; (Torah NUM.29.35, JPS 1917) tree →
- Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth; (Writings 1CH.12.13, JPS 1917) tree →
- the seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah; (Writings 1CH.24.10, JPS 1917) tree →
- The eighth to Jeshaiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve; (Writings 1CH.25.15, JPS 1917) tree →
- My sister is having her eighth birthday party. tree →
- We live on the eighth floor. tree →
- Cut the cake into eighths. tree →
- One eighth of 40 is 5. tree →
- Three eighths of the class walk to school. tree →
- He finished eighth in the race. tree →
- August is the eighth month of the year. tree →
- Two eighths equal one quarter. tree →
- So on the eighth day, at five minutes before noon, Nigel got ready. tree →
note
Tricky spelling: eight + h = e-i-g-h-t-h (only one t). Ordinal: 8th. Fraction 1/8 is said «one eighth». Maths: to find an eighth of a number, divide by 8; to find three eighths, divide by 8 then multiply by 3. A bigger bottom number means smaller pieces: 1/8 is smaller than 1/4.
In the corpora
- And it came to pass on the eighth day, that Moses called Aaron and his sons, and the elders of Israel;
- And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.
- On the eighth day Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur, prince of the children of Manasseh:
- On the eighth day ye shall have a solemn assembly: ye shall do no manner of servile work;
- In the thirty and eighth year of Azariah king of Judah did Zechariah the son of Jeroboam reign over Israel in Samaria six months.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «eighth» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.