morrow
part of speech
noun (the morrow)
meaning for a pupil
1) (old-fashioned, literary) The next day; tomorrow. tree →
2) (old-fashioned) The morning, as in the greeting "Good morrow!", meaning "Good morning". tree →
3) (literary) The time just after an event, as in "on the morrow of the war". tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It is the old word for the next day. "To-morrow" means the day after. In the primary lessons: Found in old books, fairy tales, poems and the Bible; it tells the reader the story is set long ago or the speaker talks in an old-fashioned way. Phrases: "on the morrow" (the next day), "good morrow", "take no thought for the morrow" (Bible, do not worry about tomorrow).
examples
- Else, if thou refuse to let My people go, behold, to-morrow will I bring locusts into thy border; (Torah EXO.10.4, JPS 1917) tree →
- And I will put a division between My people and thy people — by to-morrow shall this sign be.' (Torah EXO.8.23, JPS 1917) tree →
- And Moses said unto Korah: 'Be thou and all thy congregation before the LORD, thou, and they, and Aaron, to-morrow; (Torah NUM.16.16, JPS 1917) tree →
- Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. (Writings PRO.27.1, JPS 1917) tree →
- And Joshua said unto the people: 'Sanctify yourselves; for to-morrow the LORD will do wonders among you.' (Prophets JOS.3.5, JPS 1917) tree →
- And it came to pass on the morrow, that Pashhur brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks. (Prophets JER.20.3, JPS 1917) tree →
- "We shall leave on the morrow," said the knight. tree →
- "Good morrow, sir!" called the innkeeper. tree →
- The king promised an answer on the morrow. tree →
- In the old story, the travellers rested and set off on the morrow. tree →
- "Take no thought for the morrow," the Bible verse says. tree →
- Who knows what the morrow will bring? tree →
- The wizard said the spell would end on the morrow. tree →
note
Old-fashioned; in normal speech and writing say "tomorrow" or "the next day". Usually "the morrow", not "a morrow". Not the same as "marrow" (a big vegetable, or the soft inside of bones).
In the corpora
- Else, if thou refuse to let My people go, behold, to-morrow will I bring locusts into thy border;
- And Joshua said unto the people: 'Sanctify yourselves; for to-morrow the LORD will do wonders among you.'
- And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people went out into the field; and it was told Abimelech.
- And it came to pass on the morrow, that Pashhur brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks.
- Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «morrow» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.