genealogy
part of speech
noun (genealogies)
meaning for a pupil
A genealogy is a list or history of who your ancestors were, going back through the family. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: A written record of families and their descendants, used in Chronicles to show tribes, clans and who may serve. Interpretation: The tradition values genealogies for showing who belonged to which tribe and who could be priests or Levites. Some rabbis also read them as showing God's care for each person. In the primary lessons: in tales, a list of ancestors told by an old person to show where the family came from
examples
- These were their habitations, and they have their genealogy. (Writings 1CH.4.33, JPS 1917) tree →
- And the number of them reckoned by genealogy for service in war was twenty and six thousand men. (Writings 1CH.7.40, JPS 1917) tree →
- And his brethren by their families, when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned: the chief Jeiel, and Zechariah, (Writings 1CH.5.7, JPS 1917) tree →
- He studied his family's genealogy. tree →
- Tuan recited his genealogy to the monks. tree →
- The genealogies were long and hard to remember. tree →
note
nothing for maths
In the corpora
- And I found the book of the genealogy of them that came up at the first, and I found written therein:
- These were their habitations, and they have their genealogy.
- And his brethren by their families, when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned: the chief Jeiel, and Zechariah,
- All these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of Jotham king of Judah and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.
- And the number of them reckoned by genealogy for service in war was twenty and six thousand men.
Trees and pragmatics
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