forest
part of speech
noun (a forest, forests)
meaning for a pupil
1) A forest is a large area of land covered thickly with trees and plants. tree →
2) A forest of something is a large number of tall things close together: a forest of hands. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: A forest is a wooded wild area where lions and other beasts live and where honey could be found. The psalm says every beast of the forest belongs to God. Interpretation: The tradition reads God's ownership of the forest beasts as a sign that all nature is His. The prophets use the forest and its roaring lion as a picture of danger and of God's warning. In the primary lessons: In science and geography: forests are habitats for many animals, give oxygen, store carbon and hold soil; types include rainforest (hot, wet, near the equator), deciduous forest (trees lose leaves in autumn) and coniferous forest (evergreens). In safety: stay on the paths, tell an adult where you go, never light fires in a dry forest. In fairy tales, the dark forest is often a place of danger and adventure. Phrases: rainforest, forest fire, deep in the forest.
examples
- Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? (Prophets AMO.3.4, JPS 1917) tree →
- And all the people came into the forest; and there was honey upon the ground. (Prophets 1SA.14.25, JPS 1917) tree →
- For every beast of the forest is Mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills. (Writings PSA.50.10, JPS 1917) tree →
- We walked through the forest on a path. tree →
- The Amazon is the largest rainforest. tree →
- Many animals live in the forest. tree →
- A forest fire can spread very fast. tree →
- Hansel and Gretel got lost in the forest. tree →
- Trees in the forest lose their leaves in autumn. tree →
- Cutting down forests harms wildlife. tree →
- A forest of hands went up when the teacher asked a question. tree →
note
Countable. A forest is bigger and wilder than a wood or woods. «Rainforest» is one word. Forests are not empty: they are full of life, from fungi to birds.
In the corpora
- And all the people came into the forest; and there was honey upon the ground.
- So the people went out into the field against Israel; and the battle was in the forest of Ephraim.
- And the remnant of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may write them down.
- And He shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.
- And it shall hail, in the downfall of the forest; but the city shall descend into the valley.
Trees and pragmatics
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