forth
part of speech
adverb (forth)
meaning for a pupil
1) Forth means forward or onward, away from a starting place. tree →
2) Back and forth means going one way and then back again, many times. tree →
3) From that time forth means from then on. tree →
4) «And so forth» means and other things like these. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It is used in old style, as in "go forth" or "brought forth," meaning to go or bring out. Interpretation: "Go forth" often marks the Exodus, the going out of Egypt, which is remembered each Passover. In the primary lessons: In maths: a word of motion; «back and forth» means a trip there and back, so a distance is counted twice or two trips are counted. In science: a pendulum swings back and forth. In stories: the knight rode forth; old words «go forth». Phrases: back and forth, and so forth, set forth, from that day forth, bring forth.
examples
- This day ye go forth in the month Abib. (Torah EXO.13.4, JPS 1917) tree →
- And they brought him forth, and set him without the city. (Torah GEN.19.16, JPS 1917) tree →
- and Pathrusim, and Casluhim — whence went forth the Philistines — and Caphtorim. (Torah GEN.10.14, JPS 1917) tree →
- And whose spirit came forth from thee? (Writings JOB.26.4, JPS 1917) tree →
- Is a nation brought forth at once? (Prophets ISA.66.8, JPS 1917) tree →
- Or wast thou brought forth before the hills? (Writings JOB.15.7, JPS 1917) tree →
- He walks back and forth to school, 2 miles each way. tree →
- The swing goes back and forth 10 times. tree →
- She swam back and forth across the pool 4 times. tree →
- From that day forth he saved a dollar a week. tree →
- The knight rode forth to find the dragon. tree →
- The dog ran back and forth along the fence. tree →
- We packed pencils, rulers, rubbers and so forth. tree →
- The pendulum of the clock swings back and forth. tree →
- Then he and Stan set forth. tree →
note
Homophone: «fourth» (4th) sounds the same; do not mix them up. A rather old or formal word except in «back and forth» and «and so forth». «Back and forth» often doubles a distance or counts two trips. Trap: check whether a «back and forth» counts as one lap or two.
In the corpora
- Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field.
- Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
- And he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground.
- And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark.
- And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; and she returned not again unto him any more.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «forth» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.