mortally
part of speech
adverb
meaning for a pupil
1) Mortally means so badly that death is sure to follow: «mortally wounded». tree →
2) (informal) «Mortally afraid» means extremely frightened. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It means hitting a person so that he dies, or hitting an animal so that it dies. Interpretation: The law says life is precious. A killer is put to death, and a person who kills an animal pays for it, "life for life." The cities of refuge protect those who kill by accident. In the primary lessons: in fairy tales and battle stories a hero or beast is hurt so badly that it will die; the phrase «mortally afraid» shows great fear
examples
- And he that smiteth any man mortally shall surely be put to death. (Torah LEV.24.17, JPS 1917) tree →
- And he that smiteth a beast mortally shall make it good: life for life. (Torah LEV.24.18, JPS 1917) tree →
- But if any man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die; and he flee into one of these cities; (Torah DEU.19.11, JPS 1917) tree →
- Mortally wounded with several thrusts, he sank down. tree →
- The boatmen took a sure aim and mortally wounded her. tree →
- The poor old woman was mortally afraid. tree →
note
nothing for maths; it describes how badly someone is hurt, not an amount.
In the corpora
- And he that smiteth any man mortally shall surely be put to death.
- And he that smiteth a beast mortally shall make it good: life for life.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «mortally» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.