govern

«govern» in Mova's judaism dictionary: to rule a country, state or group officially — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (govern, governs, governed, governing)

meaning for a pupil

1) To govern is to rule a country, state or group officially. tree →

2) To govern something is to control or decide how it happens: rules govern the game. tree →

3) (formal) To control your feelings: govern your temper. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: To govern is to rule. In the Prophets and Writings it is used for kings ruling a kingdom, and for the question whether someone who hates justice can truly rule. Interpretation: Tradition teaches that rulers must be just, since a kingdom held by one who hates right cannot last. In the primary lessons: Citizenship and history lessons (who governs the country), science (laws that govern motion), games and sport (rules that govern play).

examples

• Shall even one that hateth right govern? (Writings JOB.34.17, JPS 1917) tree →
• And Jezebel his wife said unto him: 'Dost thou now govern the kingdom of Israel? arise, and eat bread, and let thy heart be merry; I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.' (Prophets 1KI.21.7, JPS 1917) tree →
• The prime minister and parliament govern the country. tree →
• Rules govern how the game is played. tree →
• Gravity governs how planets move. tree →
• Try to govern your temper. tree →
• The queen governed for many years. tree →
• A council governs our town. tree →
• The Frogs were tired of governing themselves. tree →

note

Nouns: government, governor. In grammar, «govern» is also used for words that control another word's form (advanced).

In the corpora

• Shall even one that hateth right govern?
• The prophet Muhammad lived in Arabia about 1,400 years ago, and Islam spread quickly until Muslim rulers governed lands from Spain to India.
• New Zealand gave women the vote in 1893, before any other self-governing country.
• Baptist churches baptise believers by full immersion and let each congregation govern itself.

Trees and pragmatics

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