month
part of speech
noun (month, months)
meaning for a pupil
1) A month is one of the twelve parts of a year, like March or July. A year has 12 months. tree →
2) A month has about 30 days, or about 4 weeks; some have 31 days, and February has 28 or 29. tree →
3) A month can also mean any time of about four weeks: «in a month». tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: The Torah counts months by the moon, and the first month is Abib (later called Nisan) in spring. A month began at the new moon. Interpretation: Each new moon was marked with offerings, and the Jewish calendar still follows the moon. Nisan is called the first of the months because Israel left Egypt then. In the primary lessons: a unit of time; problems give money saved, pages read or rent paid each month, and change months into years or weeks; in everyday life calendars, birthdays and school terms; in science the Moon goes round the Earth in about a month; phrases «a month ago», «once a month», «month by month», «next month»
examples
- This day ye go forth in the month Abib. (Torah EXO.13.4, JPS 1917) tree →
- This is the burnt-offering of every new moon throughout the months of the year. (Torah NUM.28.14, JPS 1917) tree →
- And in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, is the LORD'S passover. (Torah NUM.28.16, JPS 1917) tree →
- Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? (Writings JOB.39.2, JPS 1917) tree →
- So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month. (Prophets JER.28.17, JPS 1917) tree →
- And the ark of the LORD was in the country of the Philistines seven months. (Prophets 1SA.6.1, JPS 1917) tree →
- She saves 20 dollars every month. tree →
- There are 12 months in a year. tree →
- The rent is 500 dollars a month. tree →
- How much does he earn in 3 months? tree →
- My birthday is in the month of May. tree →
- The puppy is 3 months old. tree →
- We go to the library once a month. tree →
- It takes about a month for the Moon to go round the Earth. tree →
- A month passed; a year passed. tree →
note
«Each month», «a month», «per month» mark a rate: total = rate × number of months. 12 months = 1 year. Trap: months have 28 to 31 days, so do not use exactly 4 weeks unless the problem says so. Names of months start with a capital letter. «Monthly» means once a month.
In the corpora
- And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.
- And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dry.
- 'This month shall be unto you the beginning of months; it shall be the first month of the year to you.
- This day ye go forth in the month Abib.
- 'On the first day of the first month shalt thou rear up the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «month» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.