rider
part of speech
noun (a rider, riders)
meaning for a pupil
1) A person who rides a horse, a bike, a motorbike or a scooter. tree →
2) A passenger on a bus or train (mostly American). tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Torah it means a person on a horse. In the Song at the Sea, the horse and rider thrown into the sea are the Egyptian army. Interpretation: The Song at the Sea is read aloud in synagogue each year, and traditions sing it as the high point of the Exodus story. In the primary lessons: In everyday life and road safety, bike riders wear helmets, use lights and follow road rules; horse riders wear hard hats. In stories, a rider may gallop through the night. Phrases: bike rider, horse rider, a good rider, motorbike rider.
examples
- Dan shall be a serpent in the way, a horned snake in the path, that biteth the horse's heels, so that his rider falleth backward. (Torah GEN.49.17, JPS 1917) tree →
- And Miriam sang unto them: Sing ye to the LORD, for He is highly exalted: the horse and his rider hath He thrown into the sea. (Torah EXO.15.21, JPS 1917) tree →
- Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD, and spoke, saying: I will sing unto the LORD, for He is highly exalted; the horse and his rider hath He thrown into the sea. (Torah EXO.15.1, JPS 1917) tree →
- When the time cometh, she raiseth her wings on high, and scorneth the horse and his rider. (Writings JOB.39.18, JPS 1917) tree →
- At Thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, they are cast into a dead sleep, the riders also and the horses. (Writings PSA.76.7, JPS 1917) tree →
- And with thee will I shatter the horse and his rider, and with thee will I shatter the chariot and him that rideth therein; (Prophets JER.51.21, JPS 1917) tree →
- The rider fell off her horse but was not hurt. tree →
- Every bike rider should wear a helmet. tree →
- Slow down when you pass a horse and rider. tree →
- My brother is a fast rider on his scooter. tree →
- The bus had only three riders. tree →
- The rider pulled the reins to stop the horse. tree →
- Riders must stop at the red light. tree →
- All around were graves, and the rider found he had a gravestone under him! tree →
note
Countable: a rider, riders. From the verb "ride" (ride, rode, ridden). Safety: riders should be seen, so wear bright clothes and use lights at night. Drivers must pass riders slowly and with lots of space.
In the corpora
- At Thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, they are cast into a dead sleep, the riders also and the horses.
- When the time cometh, she raiseth her wings on high, and scorneth the horse and his rider.
- Scooter riders need a helmet too.
- Many cycling crashes happen when a car turns across a rider or a parked car's door opens suddenly.
- Professional bull riders need to stay on for eight seconds; nobody rides a bucking bull for ten minutes.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «rider» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.