observed

«observed» in Mova's judaism dictionary: Watched or looked at carefully, often to learn something — 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

verb (past and past participle of «observe»: observe, observes, observed, observing); adjective (observed)

meaning for a pupil

1) Watched or looked at carefully, often to learn something. tree →

2) Noticed or saw something. tree →

3) (formal) Said or remarked. tree →

4) Obeyed a rule or kept a custom (observed the speed limit, observed a minute's silence). tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Torah, it can mean to watch for signs or to keep God's word; Laban "observed the signs" and Levi's tribe "observed Thy word." Interpretation: The blessing of Levi praises the tribe for loyalty after the golden calf. In the primary lessons: Very common in science: you write down what you observed in an experiment («observed results»). In stories, a character notices something. In formal speech, people keep rules or customs. Phrases: «observed that», «was observed», «observed values».

examples

• And Laban said unto him: 'If now I have found favour in thine eyes — I have observed the signs, and the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake.' (Torah GEN.30.27, JPS 1917) tree →
• Who said of his father, and of his mother: 'I have not seen him'; neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew he his own children; for they have observed Thy word, and keep Thy covenant. (Torah DEU.33.9, JPS 1917) tree →
• "When Abraham our father arose, he looked nnd saw and investigated and observed and engraved and hewed and combin- ed and formed and calculated, and his creation was successful. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
• My soul hath observed Thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly. (Writings PSA.119.167, JPS 1917) tree →
• I have remembered Thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have observed Thy law. (Writings PSA.119.55, JPS 1917) tree →
• I have observed Thy precepts and Thy testimonies; for all my ways are before Thee. (Writings PSA.119.168, JPS 1917) tree →
• We observed the caterpillar every day. tree →
• I observed that the ice melted faster in the sun. tree →
• Write down what you observed. tree →
• «It's getting late,» she observed. tree →
• The class observed a minute's silence. tree →
• Drivers observed the speed limit near the school. tree →
• The birds were observed in the garden at dawn. tree →
• "It is terribly warm here!" he observed. tree →

note

Past form of «observe»; nouns «observation» and «observer». In science, an observation is what you see, not what you guess. In maths and statistics, «observed values» are the real measured numbers, not predicted ones.

In the corpora

• I have remembered Thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have observed Thy law.
• I beheld them that were faithless, and strove with them; because they observed not Thy word.
• My soul hath observed Thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly.
• I have observed Thy precepts and Thy testimonies; for all my ways are before Thee.
• Hawking's leaking, called Hawking radiation, has never been directly observed, because it is far too faint.

Trees and pragmatics

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