fourscore

«fourscore» in Mova's judaism dictionary: Eighty years, an old way of saying four times twenty — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun

meaning for a pupil

Eighty years, an old way of saying four times twenty. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It is an old English way to say eighty. Interpretation: Long life in the Torah is read as a sign of blessing, and Isaac's 180 years are noted among the fathers.

examples

• And the days of Isaac were a hundred and fourscore years. (Torah GEN.35.28, JPS 1917) tree →
• And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram. (Torah GEN.16.16, JPS 1917) tree →
• even those that were numbered of them, were eight thousand and five hundred and fourscore. (Torah NUM.4.48, JPS 1917) tree →
• And the land had rest fourscore years. (Prophets JDG.3.30, JPS 1917) tree →
• The men of Beth-lehem and Netophah, a hundred fourscore and eight. (Writings NEH.7.26, JPS 1917) tree →
• There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and maidens without number. (Writings SNG.6.8, JPS 1917) tree →

note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

In the corpora

• And of the sons of Shephatiah, Zebadiah the son of Michael; and with him fourscore males.
• of the sons of Hebron: Eliel the chief, and his brethren fourscore;

Trees and pragmatics

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