gate
part of speech
noun (gate, gates)
meaning for a pupil
1) A gate is a door in a fence, hedge or wall that opens and closes. tree →
2) A gate at an airport is the place where you get on the plane. tree →
3) A gate is an entrance where people go in, for example at a stadium or a school. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: A gate is the city entrance where elders sat as judges and business was done; "thy gates" means one's towns. Interpretation: Writing God's words on the "gates" is the mitzvah of the mezuzah, fixed on the doorposts of Jewish homes and rooms. In the primary lessons: A place in the story; sometimes its width is part of a fence, or people pass through it and are counted. In safety: close the gate so a dog or a small child cannot run into the road; pool gates must stay shut. Phrases: «front gate», «school gate», «go through the gate», «gate 9».
examples
- And thou shalt write them upon the door-posts of thy house, and upon thy gates. (Torah DEU.6.9, JPS 1917) tree →
- And thou shalt write them upon the door-posts of thy house, and upon thy gates; (Torah DEU.11.20, JPS 1917) tree →
- All these were fortified cities, with high walls, gates, and bars; beside the unwalled towns a great many. (Torah DEU.3.5, JPS 1917) tree →
- And Mordecai returned to the king's gate. (Writings EST.6.12, JPS 1917) tree →
- Then the king arose, and sat in the gate. (Prophets 2SA.19.9, JPS 1917) tree →
- Have the gates of death been revealed unto thee? (Writings JOB.38.17, JPS 1917) tree →
- The fence has a gate 1 metre wide. tree →
- 120 people came through the gate. tree →
- Our plane leaves from gate 9. tree →
- Each gate lets in 30 fans a minute. tree →
- Please shut the gate so the dog stays in. tree →
- Mum waits for me at the school gate. tree →
- The farmer opened the gate and the sheep ran into the field. tree →
- Never climb over the pool gate. tree →
note
A gate in a fence can be taken away from the fencing needed (perimeter minus the gate width). «Gate 9» is a name of a place, not a number to calculate with. People per minute through a gate is a rate.
In the corpora
- And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and spoke with the men of their city, saying:
- The hangings for the one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three.
- the hangings of the court, the pillars thereof, and their sockets, and the screen for the gate of the court;
- The hangings for the one side of the gate were fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.
- And thou shalt set up the court round about, and hang up the screen of the gate of the court.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «gate» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.