pleasant

«pleasant» in Mova's judaism dictionary: nice, enjoyable or making you feel happy — 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

adjective (pleasant, more pleasant, most pleasant; also pleasanter, pleasantest)

meaning for a pupil

1) Pleasant means nice, enjoyable or making you feel happy. tree →

2) A pleasant person is friendly and polite. tree →

sense in the lessons

Interpretation: Tradition reads Issachar's "pleasant" land as the tribe's choice of study of Torah over ease. Proverbs uses "pleasant" for sinful secret pleasure that tempts, and Song of Songs uses it for loving delight. In the primary lessons: In everyday talk and writing: pleasant weather, a pleasant day, a pleasant smell. In stories: a pleasant old lady who may hide a secret. Phrases: have a pleasant day, pleasant surprise, pleasant to talk to.

examples

• For he saw a resting-place that it was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and he bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant under task-work (Torah GEN.49.15, JPS 1917) tree →
• 'Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.' (Writings PRO.9.17, JPS 1917) tree →
• How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights! (Writings SNG.7.7, JPS 1917) tree →
• Smiting upon the breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine; (Prophets ISA.32.12, JPS 1917) tree →
• We had a pleasant walk by the river. tree →
• The weather is pleasant today. tree →
• The roses have a pleasant smell. tree →
• What a pleasant surprise to see you! tree →
• Our new neighbour is very pleasant. tree →
• The music was soft and pleasant. tree →
• This was, of course, pleasant news. tree →

note

Spelling: plea-sant (with ea), pronounced PLEZ-ent. Opposite: unpleasant. Noun: pleasantness; pleasantries are polite small talk. Related: please, pleasure.

In the corpora

• Smiting upon the breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine;
• Many shepherds have destroyed My vineyard, they have trodden My portion under foot, they have made My pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.
• The women of My people ye cast out from their pleasant houses; from their young children ye take away My glory for ever.
• The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.
• Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!

Trees and pragmatics

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