midnight

«midnight» in Mova's judaism dictionary: twelve o'clock at night, the moment when one day ends and… — 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 (midnight — uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) Midnight is twelve o'clock at night, the moment when one day ends and the next one begins. tree →

2) Midnight can mean the middle of the night, a very late hour. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Midnight is when God said He would strike the firstborn of Egypt in the last plague. Interpretation: Tradition notes that Moses said "about midnight" so that the Egyptians could not claim a mistake in timing. Jews remember this night at Passover, and some people rise at midnight to mourn the Temple. In the primary lessons: In maths and time lessons, midnight is 12:00 a.m. or 00:00 on the 24-hour clock; noon (midday) is 12:00 p.m. or 12:00. From midnight to noon is 12 hours. In everyday life, people stay up until midnight on New Year's Eve. In stories, midnight is a magical or spooky time — in Cinderella the magic ends at midnight. Phrases: «at midnight», «before midnight», «past midnight», «midnight feast», «burn the midnight oil» (work late into the night), «midnight blue».

examples

• And Moses said: 'Thus saith the LORD: About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt; (Torah EXO.11.4, JPS 1917) tree →
• At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto Thee because of Thy righteous ordinances. (Writings PSA.119.62, JPS 1917) tree →
• And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was startled, and turned himself; and, behold, a woman lay at his feet. (Writings RUT.3.8, JPS 1917) tree →
• In a moment they die, even at midnight; the people are shaken and pass away, and the mighty are taken away without hand. (Writings JOB.34.20, JPS 1917) tree →
• Cinderella had to leave the ball before midnight. tree →
• We stayed up until midnight on New Year's Eve. tree →
• Midnight is 00:00 on the 24-hour clock. tree →
• The clock struck twelve at midnight. tree →
• We had a midnight feast at the sleepover. tree →
• It's past midnight; go to sleep! tree →
• From midnight to 6 a.m. is six hours. tree →
• The owl hooted in the middle of the night, just after midnight. tree →
• At midnight the cottage door opened. tree →

note

Uncountable: «at midnight», not «at the midnight». Midnight is 12 a.m.; noon is 12 p.m. — these are easy to mix up. In time problems, crossing midnight means the date changes: 11 p.m. + 2 hours = 1 a.m. the next day.

In the corpora

• And Moses said: 'Thus saith the LORD: About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt;
• At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto Thee because of Thy righteous ordinances.
• Picture a city garden at midnight: a fox trots past the bins and somewhere a rabbit freezes, then zigzags away.
• He played Minecraft until midnight and felt like a spy.
• At midnight at a sleepover, Chloe gets homesick and wants to go home.

Trees and pragmatics

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