excellent

«excellent» in Mova's judaism dictionary: extremely good, of the highest quality — 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

adjective (excellent); interjection (Excellent!)

meaning for a pupil

1) Excellent means extremely good, of the highest quality. tree →

2) (interjection) «Excellent!» is said when you are very pleased. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It means very fine, noble or high, and can also mean wise and true. It describes God's glory and wise sayings. Interpretation: Wisdom in Proverbs speaks of excellent things, which tradition reads as the Torah's teachings. The psalm calls God glorious and excellent. In the primary lessons: In school, teachers write «Excellent work!» on good work; it is praise. In everyday speech «Excellent!» shows delight. Phrases: in excellent condition, an excellent idea.

examples

• Glorious art Thou and excellent, coming down from the mountains of prey. (Writings PSA.76.5, JPS 1917) tree →
• Have not I written unto thee excellent things of counsels and knowledge; (Writings PRO.22.20, JPS 1917) tree →
• Hear, for I will speak excellent things, and the opening of my lips shall be right things. (Writings PRO.8.6, JPS 1917) tree →
• Excellent work, well done! tree →
• She is an excellent swimmer. tree →
• That's an excellent idea. tree →
• The bike is in excellent condition. tree →
• «We've got a day off!» «Excellent!» tree →
• The food at the party was excellent. tree →
• You got all the answers right — excellent! tree →
• "Here is excellent fare!" said the sparrow. tree →

note

Spelling: double l, ends in -ent. Starts with a vowel sound: «an excellent». Usually no «more excellent» or «very excellent», since it already means extremely good. Noun: excellence; verb: excel.

In the corpora

• As for the holy that are in the earth, they are the excellent in whom is all my delight.
• Glorious art Thou and excellent, coming down from the mountains of prey.
• Hear, for I will speak excellent things, and the opening of my lips shall be right things.
• Have not I written unto thee excellent things of counsels and knowledge;
• Elephants have excellent memories: old female leaders remember distant water in droughts and recognise friends after many years.

Trees and pragmatics

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