hen

«hen» in Mova's judaism dictionary: a female chicken, a farm bird that lays eggs — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (hen, hens)

meaning for a pupil

1) A hen is a female chicken, a farm bird that lays eggs. tree →

2) A hen can also be the female of some other birds, like a hen pheasant. tree →

3) A hen party, or hen night, is a party for a woman before her wedding. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Here "Hen" is a man's name, Hen son of Zephaniah, not a bird. Interpretation: In Zechariah, crowns are kept in the Temple as a reminder of those who brought gifts. Some commentators say Hen is another name for Josiah, though this is uncertain. In the primary lessons: Animals counted; eggs laid per hen per day (a rate); two legs each. In science: hens lay eggs; a chick hatches after about 21 days; the male is a rooster or cockerel. In stories: The Little Red Hen, Chicken Little. Phrases: «hen house», «mother hen», «as rare as hen's teeth».

examples

• And the crowns shall be to Helem, and to Tobijah, and to Jedaiah, and to Hen the son of Zephaniah, as a memorial in the temple of the LORD. (Prophets ZEC.6.14, JPS 1917) tree →
• Each hen lays 1 egg a day. tree →
• The farmer has 12 hens. tree →
• How many eggs in a week? tree →
• Hens and cows have 40 legs in all. tree →
• The hen sat on her eggs to keep them warm. tree →
• We collected eggs from the hen house. tree →
• The little red hen asked who would help her. tree →
• A hen has two legs and two wings. tree →
• THE HEN THAT LAYS GOLDEN EGGS. tree →

note

«Each hen lays» is a rate: hens × eggs per hen × days. A week is 7 days. Trap: a hen has 2 legs, a cow 4 — in leg puzzles they are not the same. A hen is female, a rooster (cock) is male, a chick is a baby.

In the corpora

• Supermarket eggs never hatch because the hens live without a cockerel, and a hen lays about one egg a day.
• Modern hens can lay around three hundred eggs a year, while wild junglefowl lay only a few dozen.
• Foxes hunt chickens, which cannot fly well and sleep deeply at night, so a hen house must be shut every evening.
• The colour of an eggshell depends on the hen's breed, not on how healthy the egg is.
• Free-range hens can go outside, caged hens live inside buildings, and many countries have banned the smallest cages.

Trees and pragmatics

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