occurrence
part of speech
noun (an occurrence, occurrences)
meaning for a pupil
1) Something that happens; an event. tree →
2) The fact of something happening or how often it happens (the occurrence of storms). tree →
3) (formal) Being found or existing somewhere (the occurrence of gold in rocks). tree →
sense in the lessons
Interpretation: Commentators link the 32 occurrences of Elohim in Genesis 1 to the 32 paths of wisdom. The word "sefer" is read as counting, writing and speech. In the primary lessons: In science and maths: count the occurrence of each number in a list (frequency). In everyday life and the formal voice: "Late buses are a common occurrence." Phrases: a common occurrence, a rare occurrence, frequency of occurrence.
examples
- Although the number 32 is not ruminated upon any further after SY 1:1, subsequent commentaries have associated it with the 32 occurrences of the name אֱלֹהִים Elohim in [Genesis 1]. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) tree →
- The three occurrences of the root SPR that follow, “with ספר SPR and ספר SPR and ספור SPWR”, are here interpreted respectively as סָפַר safar ‘to count’, representing counting/mahetmatics; סֵפר sefer ‘scroll, book’, representing writing; and סִפּוּר sippur, representing speech. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) tree →
- But now the LORD my God hath given me rest on every side; there is neither adversary, nor evil occurrence. (Prophets 1KI.5.18, JPS 1917) tree →
- Snow in our town is a rare occurrence. tree →
- Fights at break are a common occurrence. tree →
- Tally the occurrence of each colour of car. tree →
- The occurrence of earthquakes is high in Japan. tree →
- Rainbows are a beautiful occurrence. tree →
- Count the occurrences of the letter "e" in the sentence. tree →
- Every flower that opened heard of this occurrence. tree →
note
Spelling trap: double c, double r, -ence: o-c-c-u-r-r-e-n-c-e. Verb: occur (occurred, occurring). In maths data, the number of occurrences of a value is its frequency; the value with the most occurrences is the mode.
In the corpora
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «occurrence» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.