place
part of speech
noun (place, places); verb (place, places, placed, placing)
meaning for a pupil
1) A place is a particular area, spot or position: a quiet place. tree →
2) A place is a town, building or home: come to my place. tree →
3) A place is a position in a race or a list: first place. tree →
4) In maths, the place of a digit gives its value: the tens place. tree →
5) To place is to put something somewhere carefully. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Places are named for events, like Beer-sheba; "the place which the LORD shall choose" is later understood as Jerusalem. "High places" were often hilltop shrines, and Jonathan is mourned as slain on them. Interpretation: "The Place" (HaMakom) became a name for God, since God is the place of the world and the world is not God's place. In the primary lessons: to put a thing on the table («I place one cup on the table»: the count goes up); «places N on each of M» = equal groups (multiply); in maths place value (ones, tens, hundreds); in sport first, second, third place; in everyday life «take place» (happen), «in place of» (instead of), «all over the place»
examples
- And Laban departed, and returned unto his place. (Torah GEN.31.55, JPS 1917) tree →
- Therefore the name of the place is called Succoth. (Torah GEN.33.17, JPS 1917) tree →
- Wherefore that place was called Beer-sheba; because there they swore both of them. (Torah GEN.21.31, JPS 1917) tree →
- Jonathan upon thy high places is slain! (Prophets 2SA.1.25, JPS 1917) tree →
- And where is the place of understanding? (Writings JOB.28.12, JPS 1917) tree →
- How are his hidden places sought out! (Prophets OBA.1.6, JPS 1917) tree →
- I place one cup on the table. tree →
- Sara places 4 plates on each of 3 tables. tree →
- Ben places 6 more books on the shelf. tree →
- In 352 the digit 5 is in the tens place. tree →
- Mia came in first place in the race. tree →
- This park is my favourite place. tree →
- Put the book back in its place. tree →
- The school fair will take place on Saturday. tree →
- At last he reached the place. tree →
note
Placing = things arrive: the count goes up. Trap: «places N on each of M» is equal groups: multiply. Place value: in 352 the 5 means 50, not 5.
In the corpora
- And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Shechem, unto the terebinth of Moreh.
- And the LORD went His way, as soon as He had left off speaking to Abraham; and Abraham returned unto his place.
- And Abraham got up early in the morning to the place where he had stood before the LORD.
- Wherefore that place was called Beer-sheba; because there they swore both of them.
- On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «place» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.