fifteenth
part of speech
adjective, noun (fifteenth, 15th; a fifteenth, fifteenths)
meaning for a pupil
1) Fifteenth means number 15 in order. tree →
2) A fifteenth is one of 15 equal parts, written 1/15. tree →
sense in the lessons
Interpretation: Passover and Sukkot both start on the fifteenth of their months, when the moon is full. Tradition sees these as times of joy and freedom. In the primary lessons: maths: a place in order (14 come before), or a fraction 1/15; everyday life: the fifteenth floor, the fifteenth birthday
examples
- And on the fifteenth day of this month shall be a feast; seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten. (Torah NUM.28.17, JPS 1917) tree →
- And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the LORD; seven days ye shall eat unleavened bread. (Torah LEV.23.6, JPS 1917) tree →
- Speak unto the children of Israel, saying: On the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto the LORD. (Torah LEV.23.34, JPS 1917) tree →
- the fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer; (Writings 1CH.24.14, JPS 1917) tree →
- For the fifteenth to Jeremoth, his sons and his brethren, twelve; (Writings 1CH.25.22, JPS 1917) tree →
- So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa. (Writings 2CH.15.10, JPS 1917) tree →
- He was fifteenth in line. tree →
- On the fifteenth day she finished the book. tree →
- How many people are ahead of the fifteenth? tree →
- One fifteenth of 30 is 2. tree →
- Her fifteenth birthday is next year. tree →
- The office is on the fifteenth floor. tree →
- On the fifteenth day the duke sent for the dwarf and presented him to the prince. tree →
note
An order position: 14 come before. Trap: do not use 15 as an amount. Short form 15th.
In the corpora
- And on the fifteenth day of this month shall be a feast; seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten.
- to enjoin them that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly,
- the fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer;
- For the fifteenth to Jeremoth, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
- So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.
Trees and pragmatics
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