landmark

«landmark» in Mova's judaism dictionary: a building or place that is easy to see and recognise… — 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 (a landmark, landmarks)

meaning for a pupil

1) A landmark is a building or place that is easy to see and recognise, which helps you know where you are. tree →

2) A landmark is a famous building or place, like the Statue of Liberty or the Sydney Opera House. tree →

3) A landmark is an important event or change, like a landmark decision. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: A stone marking the border of a person's field. Moving it meant stealing a neighbour's land. Proverbs warns against moving an ancient landmark, and Job lists it among the wrongs of the wicked. Interpretation: The rabbis read this law as a ban on stealing, and also on cheating people in other ways, since it is cursed in the list of curses at Mount Ebal. Proverbs links it with robbing orphans, which is read as a warning against taking advantage of the weak. In the primary lessons: In geography, landmarks help with directions and map reading («turn left at the church»); famous landmarks include Big Ben and the Tower of London (UK), the Statue of Liberty and the Golden Gate Bridge (USA), the CN Tower (Canada), Uluru and the Sydney Opera House (Australia), the Sky Tower (New Zealand) and the Cliffs of Moher (Ireland). In safety, if you are lost, look for a landmark and remember it. In history, a landmark event changes things. Phrases: «a famous landmark», «local landmark», «landmark decision», «landmark building».

examples

• Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour's landmark. (Torah DEU.27.17, JPS 1917) tree →
• Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour's landmark, which they of old time have set, in thine inheritance which thou shalt inherit, in the land that the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it. (Torah DEU.19.14, JPS 1917) tree →
• Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set. (Writings PRO.22.28, JPS 1917) tree →
• There are that remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed them. (Writings JOB.24.2, JPS 1917) tree →
• Remove not the ancient landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless; (Writings PRO.23.10, JPS 1917) tree →
• The Eiffel Tower is a famous landmark. tree →
• Use landmarks to give directions: turn left at the post office. tree →
• Uluru is a landmark sacred to Aboriginal people. tree →
• The tall clock tower is a landmark in our town. tree →
• If you get lost, stand near a big landmark and wait. tree →
• We drew a map with landmarks on it. tree →
• The first Moon landing was a landmark in history. tree →
• Big Ben is one of London's best-known landmarks. tree →
• Its summit towered above all the other trees, and could be seen far out at sea, so that it served as a landmark to the sailors. tree →

note

Plural landmarks. Compound word: land + mark, one word. Not to be confused with «landmine» (a dangerous hidden bomb).

In the corpora

• Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour's landmark.
• The princes of Judah are like them that remove the landmark; I will pour out My wrath upon them like water.
• Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
• Remove not the ancient landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless;
• There are that remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed them.

Trees and pragmatics

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