hand
part of speech
verb (hand, hands, handed, handing); noun (a hand, hands)
meaning for a pupil
1) A hand is the part of your body at the end of your arm, with four fingers and a thumb. tree →
2) To hand is to give something to someone with your hand. tree →
3) The hands of a clock are the pointers that show the time. tree →
4) To give someone a hand is to help them. tree →
5) To be in good hands means to be in someone's care or possession. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: "Eye for eye, hand for hand" is read as a rule of fair payment. In the Prophets and Writings the hand is also used for giving and receiving, putting a hand on the mouth for silence, and laying hands on someone as a sign of strength or blessing. Interpretation: The sages read "eye for eye" as money compensation, not cutting off a hand. God's hand stands for His power and saving acts. Job's hand on his mouth is read as humble silence before God. In the primary lessons: to pass things to someone; the giver has fewer, the one handed them has more; «hand out» means give one or more to each person; a clock has an hour hand and a minute hand; phrases: «hand out», «hand in», «hand over», «give a hand», «on the other hand», «by hand»
examples
- or a man that is broken-footed, or broken-handed, (Torah LEV.21.19, JPS 1917) tree →
- Thou stretchedst out Thy right hand — the earth swallowed them. (Torah EXO.15.12, JPS 1917) tree →
- eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, (Torah EXO.21.24, JPS 1917) tree →
- Or what receiveth He of thy hand? (Writings JOB.35.7, JPS 1917) tree →
- I lay my hand upon my mouth. (Writings JOB.40.4, JPS 1917) tree →
- And Elisha laid his hands upon the king's hands. (Prophets 2KI.13.16, JPS 1917) tree →
- Mia hands 7 balloons to Sam. tree →
- Tom hands Zoe 1 book. tree →
- Anna handed out 12 sheets to the class. tree →
- Please hand in your homework on Friday. tree →
- Raise your hand if you know the answer. tree →
- The minute hand points to 12. tree →
- Can you give me a hand with these bags? tree →
- We have 2 hands with 5 fingers on each, so 10 fingers. tree →
- It will fall into good hands--" tree →
note
«A hands B N» and «A hands N to B»: N goes from A to B. Trap: as a noun, «hand» is a body part (2 hands, 5 fingers on each). «hand out» to K children N each is N × K. Safety: wash your hands before eating.
In the corpora
- And now cursed art thou from the ground, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.
- And the angel of the LORD said unto her: 'Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.'
- But the men put forth their hand, and brought Lot into the house to them, and the door they shut.
- In the simplicity of my heart and the innocency of my hands have I done this.'
- Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him fast by thy hand; for I will make him a great nation.'
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «hand» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.