pant

«pant» in Mova's judaism dictionary: to breathe fast and loudly with your mouth open, because… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (pant, pants, panted, panting); noun (a pant, pants — a quick breath); adjective (pant, in «pant leg», US)

meaning for a pupil

1) To pant is to breathe fast and loudly with your mouth open, because you are hot, tired or excited. tree →

2) A pant is one quick, short breath. tree →

3) (old or literary) To pant for something is to want it very much. tree →

4) (US) «Pant» is used before another noun to mean trousers, as in «pant leg»; see also «pants». tree →

sense in the lessons

Interpretation: To pant is to breathe hard, and in the Prophets and Psalms it is also a picture of longing: the psalmist pants for God's commandments, and the dry beasts pant to God for water. Tradition reads these related Hebrew roots as linked to breath, which is the sense of the word for soul, nefesh. In the primary lessons: In science and PE it describes what happens after running: the body needs more oxygen, so you pant. Dogs pant to cool down because they cannot sweat much. In stories panting shows a character has been running or is scared. Phrases: «pant for breath», «huffing and panting», «panting dog».

examples

• It derives from the root נפ״שׁ NPSh, having to do with breathing, refreshing, and resting; its etymological relationships with curiously similar roots like נשׁ״ם NShM ‘to breathe, pant’, נשׁ״ף NShP ‘to blow’, and נשׁ״ב NShB ‘to blow’ are unclear. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) tree →
• I opened wide my mouth, and panted; for I longed for Thy commandments. (Writings PSA.119.131, JPS 1917) tree →
• Yea, the beasts of the field pant unto Thee; for the water brooks are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness. (Prophets JOL.1.20, JPS 1917) tree →
• That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the humble; and a man and his father go unto the same maid, to profane My holy name; (Prophets AMO.2.7, JPS 1917) tree →
• After the race I was panting and red in the face. tree →
• The dog lay in the shade, panting with its tongue out. tree →
• Dogs pant to cool down on hot days. tree →
• She ran up the stairs and arrived panting. tree →
• We could hear the wolf panting outside the door. tree →
• In PE we counted our breaths while we panted after sprinting. tree →
• He rolled up his pant leg to show the scratch. tree →
• ‘Here it is,’ he panted, rather out of breath. tree →

note

Past: panted. Do not mix up with «pants»: in the UK pants are underwear; in the US and Canada pants are trousers. «Pant» as one breath is less common. A panting dog on a very hot day may need water and shade quickly.

In the corpora

• As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after Thee, O God.
• I opened wide my mouth, and panted; for I longed for Thy commandments.
• Dogs hardly sweat, so they cool down by panting, which dries their wet tongue and mouth.

Trees and pragmatics

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