root
part of speech
noun (a root, roots); verb (root, roots, rooted, rooting)
meaning for a pupil
1) The part of a plant that grows under the ground, holding it in place and taking in water and minerals. tree →
2) The part of a tooth or hair under the surface that holds it in. tree →
3) The cause or origin of something: the root of the problem. tree →
4) Roots are where a person's family comes from. tree →
5) In maths, a root of a number, like the square root: the square root of 9 is 3. tree →
6) In language, a root word is the main part a longer word is built from. tree →
7) As a verb, to root for a team means to cheer for it; to root around means to search. tree →
8) Rooted means fixed firmly in one place, as if growing there. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Sometimes the root is a plant's root, as when God uproots Israel from its land; in Hebrew study it means the basic three letters from which words grow. Interpretation: Jewish tradition reads Hebrew words through their three-letter roots, and Sefer Yetzirah builds Creation from the letters, including the root of "sefirot." In the primary lessons: In science, roots anchor plants, absorb water and minerals,, and some store food, like carrots and beetroot (potatoes are swollen stems, not roots). In maths, the square root of a number is the number that times itself gives it: √16 = 4 because 4 × 4 = 16. In English, the root word "happy" builds "unhappy" and "happiness". In everyday life, "roots" means family background. Phrases: "take root", "square root", "root word", "root for", "the root of", "grass roots".
examples
- and the LORD rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as it is this day'. — (Torah DEU.29.28, JPS 1917) tree →
- Were pfodttced ; the Hebrew word BRA, is the root. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
- The root ספ״ר is also utilized to coin the novel metaphysical term סְפִירוֹת Sefirot, on which see SY 1:2 below. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) tree →
- I have seen the foolish taking root; but suddenly I beheld his habitation cursed. (Writings JOB.5.3, JPS 1917) tree →
- For it is a fire that consumeth unto destruction, and would root out all mine increase. (Writings JOB.31.12, JPS 1917) tree →
- Thou didst clear a place before it, and it took deep root, and filled the land. (Writings PSA.80.10, JPS 1917) tree →
- Roots take in water from the soil. tree →
- A carrot is a root we can eat. tree →
- The square root of 25 is 5. tree →
- "Play" is the root word of "playful". tree →
- We root for our school team every match. tree →
- The dog rooted around in the bin. tree →
- The tree's roots cracked the pavement. tree →
- Money was the root of the argument. tree →
- It seemed to be rooted into the ground. tree →
note
Countable: a root, roots. Do not confuse with "route" (a way to go), which some people pronounce the same. In maths, square root (√) is the opposite of squaring: 7² = 49, so √49 = 7. "Root for" (cheer) is mainly American; in Australia and New Zealand "root" is rude slang, so "barrack for" is used to mean "cheer for".
In the corpora
- And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.
- And there shall come forth a shoot out of the stock of Jesse, and a twig shall grow forth out of his roots.
- And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.
- Thus was it fair in its greatness, in the length of its branches; for its root was by many waters.
- I will be as the dew unto Israel; he shall blossom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «root» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.