favour
part of speech
noun (favour, favours; US favor); verb (favour, favours, favoured, favouring)
meaning for a pupil
1) A favour is a kind thing you do to help someone. tree →
2) «In favour of» means supporting or agreeing with something. tree →
3) To favour someone is to treat them better than others. tree →
4) A party favour is a small gift for guests. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: "Find favour in the sight of" someone means to be liked and treated kindly. "Favour a poor man" means to take his side unfairly in a case. Interpretation: Judges must be fair and must not favour either rich or poor. Finding favour in someone's eyes is read as a sign of God's help. In the primary lessons: In manners lessons pupils ask politely: «Could you do me a favour?» and return favours. In class votes «all in favour» raise hands. In fairness lessons a teacher should not favour one pupil. Phrases: do someone a favour, ask a favour, in favour of, in your favour, return the favour, favourite.
examples
- neither shalt thou favour a poor man in his cause. (Torah EXO.23.3, JPS 1917) tree →
- And Joseph found favour in his sight, and he ministered unto him. (Torah GEN.39.4, JPS 1917) tree →
- And I will give this people favour in the sight of the Egyptians. (Torah EXO.3.21, JPS 1917) tree →
- He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly show favour. (Writings JOB.13.10, JPS 1917) tree →
- Thou openest Thy hand, and satisfiest every living thing with favour. (Writings PSA.145.16, JPS 1917) tree →
- For whoso findeth me findeth life, and obtaineth favour of the LORD. (Writings PRO.8.35, JPS 1917) tree →
- Can you do me a favour and hold this? tree →
- Thanks, I owe you a favour. tree →
- Who is in favour of a trip to the zoo? tree →
- The score was 3–1 in our favour. tree →
- Mum said she would not favour one child over the other. tree →
- We gave out party favours. tree →
- She returned the favour and helped me too. tree →
- Peter decided in favour of the land. tree →
note
British, Irish, Australian, NZ spelling: «favour»; American: «favor» (Canadian usually «favour»). «Do someone a favour» (not «make a favour»). «Favourite» means liked best. In votes, «in favour» = yes.
In the corpora
- And Joseph found favour in his sight, and he ministered unto him.
- And the ill-favoured and lean-fleshed kine did eat up the seven well-favoured and fat kine.
- Let us find favour in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's bondmen.'
- And I will give this people favour in the sight of the Egyptians.
- And the LORD gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «favour» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.