fell

«fell» in Mova's judaism dictionary: Dropped down or came down: I fell off my bike — 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

verb form (past of fall: fall, falls, fell, fallen, falling); verb (fell, fells, felled, felling); noun (a fell, fells — UK)

meaning for a pupil

1) (past of fall) Dropped down or came down: I fell off my bike. tree →

2) (verb) To cut down a tree, or knock someone down: They felled the old oak. tree →

3) (noun, UK) A hill or high moor in the north of England: the Lake District fells. tree →

4) (adjective, old or poetry) Cruel or terrible: «at one fell swoop» = all at once. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Here it means cut down trees, or past tense of fall. Interpretation: Isaiah pictures the trees rejoicing that no one comes to cut them down after a tyrant falls. In the primary lessons: In stories «fell» is often the past of «fall»: someone fell asleep, fell ill, prices fell; in maths «the temperature fell by 5 degrees» means it went down — subtract. Phrases: «fell asleep», «fell over», «fell in love», «fell ill», «at one fell swoop».

examples

• Yea, the cypresses rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon: 'Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us.' (Prophets ISA.14.8, JPS 1917) tree →
• But as one was felling a beam, the axe-head fell into the water; and he cried, and said: 'Alas, my master! for it was borrowed.' (Prophets 2KI.6.5, JPS 1917) tree →
• I fell over and hurt my knee. tree →
• The baby fell asleep in the car. tree →
• The temperature fell from 12 °C to 4 °C, a fall of 8 degrees. tree →
• Leaves fell from the trees in autumn. tree →
• The workers felled three tall trees. tree →
• We walked up the fell to see the lake. tree →
• She fell in love with the puppy. tree →
• This lasted for a while, and then they came upon the fells. tree →

note

Trap: «fell» is the past of «fall» (fall, fell, fallen), but «fell» is also its own verb «to cut down» with past «felled». Do not write «falled». In maths, «fell by» = decrease (subtract); «fell to» = the new value.

In the corpora

• And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
• And Abram fell on his face; and God talked with him, saying:
• And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him; and they wept.
• And he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck, and wept; and Benjamin wept upon his neck.
• And Joseph brought them out from between his knees; and he fell down on his face to the earth.

Trees and pragmatics

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