night
part of speech
noun (night, nights)
meaning for a pupil
1) The dark time between evening and morning when the sun cannot be seen. tree →
2) The evening, as a time for events: "a night at the cinema". tree →
3) "Good night" is said when going to sleep. tree →
sense in the lessons
Interpretation: In Jewish tradition each day begins at evening, following "and there was evening and there was morning". So Shabbat and the festivals begin at nightfall. In the primary lessons: In science, night happens because the Earth spins: the side facing away from the Sun is in darkness; nocturnal animals like owls are awake at night. In safety: wear bright or reflective clothes if out at night; children need about ten hours of sleep each night. Phrases: at night, good night, last night, tonight, all night, overnight, night and day.
examples
- And they made their father drink wine that night. (Torah GEN.19.33, JPS 1917) tree →
- And they made their father drink wine that night also. (Torah GEN.19.35, JPS 1917) tree →
- And God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. (Torah GEN.1.5, JPS 1917) tree →
- Behold, he winnoweth barley to-night in the threshing-floor. (Writings RUT.3.2, JPS 1917) tree →
- Then they rose up, and went away that night. (Prophets 1SA.28.25, JPS 1917) tree →
- In that night Belshazzar the Chaldean king was slain. (Writings DAN.5.30, JPS 1917) tree →
- The stars shine at night. tree →
- Owls hunt at night. tree →
- Good night, sleep well. tree →
- Last night it rained. tree →
- Our side of the Earth faces away from the Sun at night. tree →
- Wear a bright jacket when you walk at night. tree →
- We stayed at Grandma's for two nights. tree →
- Bats are night animals. tree →
- That is why there are night-lights. tree →
note
"Night" sounds like "knight" (a soldier in armour) — homophones. Say "at night", but "in the evening". Plural "nights". Nights are longer in winter and shorter in summer.
In the corpora
- And God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night.
- And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
- And they made their father drink wine that night.
- And they made their father drink wine that night also.
- And the LORD appeared unto him the same night, and said: 'I am the God of Abraham thy father.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «night» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.