father
part of speech
noun (father, fathers); verb (father — to become the father of)
meaning for a pupil
1) A father is a man who has a child; a dad. tree →
2) A father is also a man who takes care of a child as a parent, like a stepfather. tree →
3) Father is a title for some priests. tree →
4) The father of something is the person who started it. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It often means an ancestor or forefather, not only a parent. It can also mean the founder of a people, as Esau is of the Edomites. Interpretation: Abraham, Isaac and Jacob are called "the fathers," and Jews still see themselves as their descendants. The commandment to honor father and mother is one of the Ten Commandments. In the primary lessons: maths: a person in the story; often in age problems («3 times as old» means multiply; both get older by the same amount) or giving things; everyday life: family, Father's Day; stories: fathers and children in tales; science: animal fathers like the emperor penguin
examples
- This is Esau the father of the Edomites. (Torah GEN.36.43, JPS 1917) tree →
- And they made their father drink wine that night. (Torah GEN.19.33, JPS 1917) tree →
- And Rachel stole the teraphim that were her father's. (Torah GEN.31.19, JPS 1917) tree →
- But he told not his father. (Prophets 1SA.14.1, JPS 1917) tree →
- Have we not all one father? (Prophets MAL.2.10, JPS 1917) tree →
- These were his sons, heads of fathers' houses. (Writings 1CH.8.10, JPS 1917) tree →
- Her father is 40 years old. tree →
- His father gave him $10. tree →
- The father is 3 times as old as his son. tree →
- Father bought 2 pizzas. tree →
- My father takes me to swimming. tree →
- We made cards for Father's Day. tree →
- The penguin father keeps the egg warm. tree →
- His grandfather is his father's father. tree →
- Which was taller, Father or Mother? tree →
note
A person. In age problems «3 times as old» means multiply. Trap: in a few years both father and child get older by the same amount. «Dad» and «daddy» are friendly words for father.
In the corpora
- Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife, and they shall be one flesh.
- And Adah bore Jabal; he was the father of such as dwell in tents and have cattle.
- And his brother's name was Jubal; he was the father of all such as handle the harp and pipe.
- And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.
- And Haran died in the presence of his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «father» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.