rest

«rest» in Mova's judaism dictionary: what is left over after some part has been taken or used — 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 (the rest; a rest, rests); verb (rest, rests, rested, resting)

meaning for a pupil

1) The rest is what is left over after some part has been taken or used. tree →

2) The rest can mean the other people or things: «The rest of the class went home». tree →

3) A rest is a time when you stop and relax or sleep. tree →

4) To rest is to relax, or to lie or lean on something. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Torah, rest often means the Sabbath rest, when work stops, and also a safe home and peace from enemies. Interpretation: The seventh day is a day of rest because God rested after Creation, and Jews keep Shabbat by stopping work. God's promise "I will give thee rest" is read as the gift of peace. In the primary lessons: what remains with the actor after the part named before: «the rest» is the whole minus the named part; in sport and health, rest helps the body get better; phrases: «the rest of», «take a rest», «rest on», «at rest» (not moving)

examples

• And Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks. (Torah GEN.30.36, JPS 1917) tree →
• So the people rested on the seventh day. (Torah EXO.16.30, JPS 1917) tree →
• And He said: 'My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.' (Torah EXO.33.14, JPS 1917) tree →
• And the land had rest from war. (Prophets JOS.11.23, JPS 1917) tree →
• And the land had rest forty years. (Prophets JDG.3.11, JPS 1917) tree →
• And the land had rest fourscore years. (Prophets JDG.3.30, JPS 1917) tree →
• Tom gives 3 pencils to Anna and the rest to Ben. tree →
• Sam keeps 3 stamps and gives the rest to Mia. tree →
• 5 of the 12 children are boys; the rest are girls. tree →
• We had a rest after the long walk. tree →
• I'll eat the rest of my sandwich later. tree →
• Rest your leg until it gets better. tree →
• The ladder was resting against the wall. tree →
• In science, a ball at rest is not moving. tree →

note

«the rest» is the whole minus the named part; work it out before passing it on. Trap: «a rest» can also mean a break, with no number. «the rest» takes a plural verb for many things: «the rest are girls».

In the corpora

• And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.
• And Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks.
• So the people rested on the seventh day.
• And He said: 'My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.'
• Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest; in plowing time and in harvest thou shalt rest.

Trees and pragmatics

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