fourteenth
part of speech
ordinal number, adjective, noun (fourteenth, 14th; a fourteenth, fourteenths)
meaning for a pupil
1) Fourteenth is number 14 in order. tree →
2) A fourteenth is one of 14 equal parts of something, written 1/14. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: The fourteenth day of the first month is the day of the Passover offering, at dusk. Interpretation: Tradition keeps Passover on this date: the Passover lamb was killed and eaten that evening, and a "second Passover" on the fourteenth of the second month was allowed for those who could not keep it in time. In the primary lessons: maths: a position in a line or list (13 are ahead), or a fraction with 14 equal parts; everyday life: the fourteenth floor, a fourteenth birthday
examples
- And in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, is the LORD'S passover. (Torah NUM.28.16, JPS 1917) tree →
- In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at dusk, is the LORD'S passover. (Torah LEV.23.5, JPS 1917) tree →
- in the second month on the fourteenth day at dusk they shall keep it; they shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs; (Torah NUM.9.11, JPS 1917) tree →
- the thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab; (Writings 1CH.24.13, JPS 1917) tree →
- For the fourteenth, Mattithiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve; (Writings 1CH.25.21, JPS 1917) tree →
- And the children of the captivity kept the passover upon the fourteenth day of the first month. (Writings EZR.6.19, JPS 1917) tree →
- Tom is fourteenth in the line. tree →
- The fourteenth page has a picture. tree →
- One fourteenth of the cake is left. tree →
- Who is fourteenth in the race? tree →
- Her fourteenth birthday is in spring. tree →
- One fourteenth of 28 is 2. tree →
- The fourteenth night had come, and in despair the prisoner went out to take his last walk through the city. tree →
note
As a position it is a place, not an amount; as «a fourteenth» it is 1/14. Trap: being fourteenth in line means 13 people are ahead. Short form 14th.
In the corpora
- In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at dusk, is the LORD'S passover.
- And in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, is the LORD'S passover.
- to enjoin them that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly,
- And the children of the captivity kept the passover upon the fourteenth day of the first month.
- For the fourteenth, Mattithiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
Trees and pragmatics
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