forty
part of speech
number (forty, 40)
meaning for a pupil
Forty is the number 40, four tens. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It is a number that often marks a time of testing or change, such as the forty days of rain and forty days of spying. Interpretation: Tradition notes forty days of the Flood, forty days Moses was on Sinai and forty years in the desert as periods of change and preparation. In the primary lessons: maths: a number word that gives a quantity; 40 = 4 × 10 = 5 × 8; forty minutes, forty pages; everyday life: forty winks means a short nap
examples
- And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights. (Torah GEN.7.12, JPS 1917) tree →
- And they returned from spying out the land at the end of forty days. (Torah NUM.13.25, JPS 1917) tree →
- And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of embalming. (Torah GEN.50.3, JPS 1917) tree →
- And the land had rest forty years. (Prophets JDG.3.11, JPS 1917) tree →
- And he had judged Israel forty years. (Prophets 1SA.4.18, JPS 1917) tree →
- The children of Azmaveth, forty and two. (Writings EZR.2.24, JPS 1917) tree →
- There are forty pupils in the hall. tree →
- A box holds forty pencils. tree →
- He ran forty metres. tree →
- Forty minus twelve is twenty-eight. tree →
- The lesson lasts forty minutes. tree →
- Forty is double twenty. tree →
- Grandpa took forty winks after lunch. tree →
- "Six, eight, ten--twenty, forty," said he. tree →
note
Read it as the number 40. Trap: spelled «forty», not «fourty»; do not confuse with fourteen (14).
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «forty» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.