overplus

«overplus» in Mova's judaism dictionary: The extra amount left over, the surplus — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun

meaning for a pupil

The extra amount left over, the surplus. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the law of the Jubilee, a man who sold his land and later has the money to redeem it pays back only for the years remaining, and gets back the surplus. Interpretation: The law is read as protecting a family's ancestral land, since land is never sold forever and returns at the Jubilee.

examples

• then let him count the years of the sale thereof, and restore the overplus unto the man to whom he sold it; and he shall return unto his possession. (Torah LEV.25.27, JPS 1917) tree →

note

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Trees and pragmatics

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