interpretation

«interpretation» in Mova's judaism dictionary: An explanation of what something means — 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 (an interpretation, interpretations)

meaning for a pupil

1) An explanation of what something means. tree →

2) The way an actor, musician or artist performs or shows something. tree →

3) Turning spoken words from one language into another. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Genesis it is the meaning of a dream. Interpretation: Joseph's interpretations of dreams show he is wise, and he says they come from God. Later, interpreting Torah became a central Jewish practice. In the primary lessons: In reading and history lessons pupils give their interpretation of a poem or a source. In maths and science: interpretation of a graph or data — saying what it shows. In music and drama: a new interpretation of a song. Interpreters translate speech.

examples

• And Joseph answered and said: 'This is the interpretation thereof: the three baskets are three days; (Torah GEN.40.18, JPS 1917) tree →
• And Joseph said unto him: 'This is the interpretation of it: the three branches are three days; (Torah GEN.40.12, JPS 1917) tree →
• And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream. (Torah GEN.41.11, JPS 1917) tree →
• Now let Daniel be called, and he will declare the interpretation.' (Writings DAN.5.12, JPS 1917) tree →
• So he told me, and made me know the interpretation of the things: (Writings DAN.7.16, JPS 1917) tree →
• Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? (Writings ECC.8.1, JPS 1917) tree →
• What is your interpretation of the poem? tree →
• Write an interpretation of the bar chart. tree →
• Each actor gave a different interpretation of the king. tree →
• The rule is open to interpretation. tree →
• The interpretation of the dream was strange. tree →
• Sign language interpretation was given at the concert. tree →
• It seems to me to be to a certain extent allegorical, albeit such an interpretation may be unreasonable. tree →

note

Countable. Verb: interpret; person: interpreter. In maths, «interpretation» questions ask what the numbers mean in real life, not only to read them.

In the corpora

• And Joseph said unto him: 'This is the interpretation of it: the three branches are three days;
• And Joseph answered and said: 'This is the interpretation thereof: the three baskets are three days;
• And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream.
• Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing?
• This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king.

Trees and pragmatics

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