queen

«queen» in Mova's judaism dictionary: a woman who rules a country, usually because she was born… — 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

noun (a queen, queens)

meaning for a pupil

1) A queen is a woman who rules a country, usually because she was born into the royal family. tree →

2) A queen is also the wife of a king. tree →

3) In chess, the queen is the strongest piece; in cards, the queen is a picture card. tree →

4) A queen bee or queen ant is the one female that lays all the eggs in the colony. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Tanakh a queen is a king's wife or a woman ruler, such as Esther, Vashti or the Queen of Sheba. The queen sits at the king's right hand in the Psalms. Interpretation: Esther became queen of Persia and used her place to save her people. The tradition praises her courage in going to the king unasked. In the primary lessons: In history lessons queens like Elizabeth I and Queen Victoria ruled kingdoms. In science the queen bee lays eggs for the whole hive. In stories queens can be kind or wicked (the Snow Queen, the Evil Queen). Phrases: «the Queen of England», «queen bee», «queen of hearts», «crowned queen».

examples

• There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and maidens without number. (Writings SNG.6.8, JPS 1917) tree →
• So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen. (Writings EST.7.1, JPS 1917) tree →
• Kings' daughters are among thy favourites; at thy right hand doth stand the queen in gold of Ophir. (Writings PSA.45.10, JPS 1917) tree →
• Queen Victoria ruled for over sixty years. tree →
• The queen wore a gold crown. tree →
• In chess, protect your queen! tree →
• The queen bee lays thousands of eggs. tree →
• In Snow White, the wicked queen had a magic mirror. tree →
• I drew the queen of hearts from the pack. tree →
• The king and queen waved from the balcony. tree →
• The Queen gathered together the lilies. tree →

note

Countable: queen, queens. Use a capital letter with a name or title: «Queen Elizabeth», «the Queen». The male word is «king»; the daughter of a king or queen is a «princess». In a card deck there are 4 queens out of 52 cards.

In the corpora

• And when the queen of Sheba had seen all the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built,
• Kings' daughters are among thy favourites; at thy right hand doth stand the queen in gold of Ophir.
• There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and maidens without number.
• The daughters saw her, and called her happy; yea, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.
• Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to king Ahasuerus.

Trees and pragmatics

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