river

«river» in Mova's judaism dictionary: a large stream of fresh water that flows across land to a… — 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 (river, rivers)

meaning for a pupil

1) A river is a large stream of fresh water that flows across land to a lake, another river or the sea. tree →

2) A river of something is a large flowing amount: a river of lava, rivers of tears. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Rivers in the Torah are real places like the Euphrates and the Nile, and "the River" means the Euphrates. The Nile turned to blood is the first plague. Interpretation: Tradition reads the four rivers of Eden as a sign of paradise, and the Nile's blood as a blow against Egypt's river-worship. In the primary lessons: In maths: a place in the story; length of a river, distance across it, speed of the current or of a boat; going with or against the current. In science and geography: the source, the mouth, tributaries, erosion, the water cycle; long rivers like the Mississippi, the Thames, the Shannon, the Murray. In safety: rivers can be deep and fast; swim only in safe, watched places. In stories: a raft trip down the river.

examples

• And the fourth river is the Euphrates. (Torah GEN.2.14, JPS 1917) tree →
• And seven days were fulfilled, after that the LORD had smitten the river. (Torah EXO.7.25, JPS 1917) tree →
• And Samlah died, and Shaul of Rehoboth by the River reigned in his stead. (Torah GEN.36.37, JPS 1917) tree →
• Thou dost cleave the earth with rivers. (Prophets HAB.3.9, JPS 1917) tree →
• Thou didst cleave fountain and brook; Thou driedst up ever-flowing rivers. (Writings PSA.74.15, JPS 1917) tree →
• He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and watersprings into a thirsty ground; (Writings PSA.107.33, JPS 1917) tree →
• The river is 120 km long. tree →
• A boat travels 20 miles up the river. tree →
• The bridge over the river is 300 meters. tree →
• How long does it take to cross the river? tree →
• The river flows into the sea. tree →
• The Shannon is the longest river in Ireland. tree →
• The river carries sand and mud downstream. tree →
• Never swim in a river without an adult. tree →
• We floated on a raft down the river. tree →
• It will become a wide, wide river. tree →

note

Usually a place; gives distances. Trap: going with or against the current changes a boat's speed (with the current: add the current's speed; against: subtract). Rivers flow downhill from source to mouth. Names of rivers take «the» and a capital: the Thames.

In the corpora

• And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became four heads.
• And the name of the second river is Gihon; the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Cush.
• And the name of the third river is Tigris; that is it which goeth toward the east of Asshur.
• And the fourth river is the Euphrates.
• And Samlah died, and Shaul of Rehoboth by the River reigned in his stead.

Trees and pragmatics

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