sang

«sang» in Mova's judaism dictionary: The past simple form of «sing»: made musical sounds with… — 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

verb, past form of sing (sing, sings, sang, sung, singing)

meaning for a pupil

1) The past simple form of «sing»: made musical sounds with the voice. tree →

2) (of birds, kettles, wind) Made a high, musical sound. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Torah, "sang" refers to the Song of the Sea, which Moses, Miriam and Israel sang after crossing the sea. Interpretation: Tradition says this song of thanks gave its name to the Shabbat Shirah, "the Sabbath of Song". Miriam leads the women in song with timbrels. In the primary lessons: In stories and everyday talk: «We sang happy birthday», «The birds sang at dawn». In music lessons the class sang songs. In maths: «The choir sang 4 songs, each 3 minutes long» — total 12 minutes. Phrases: «sang along», «sang out», «sang someone's praises».

examples

• Then sang Israel this song: Spring up, O well — sing ye unto it — (Torah NUM.21.17, 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 →
• And the singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer. (Writings NEH.12.42, JPS 1917) tree →
• Then believed they His words; they sang His praise. (Writings PSA.106.12, JPS 1917) tree →
• Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying: (Prophets JDG.5.1, JPS 1917) tree →
• We sang «Happy Birthday» to Mum. tree →
• The birds sang outside my window. tree →
• The choir sang 5 songs in the concert. tree →
• She sang along to the radio. tree →
• The kettle sang on the stove. tree →
• Everyone sang the national anthem. tree →
• The teacher sang our praises to the head. tree →
• These were the words he sang: tree →

note

Irregular verb: sing – sang – sung. Trap: «I sang» (past simple) but «I have sung» (with have). Do not say «I have sang» or «I sung it yesterday» in standard English.

In the corpora

• Then sang Israel this song: Spring up, O well — sing ye unto it —
• Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying:
• Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto the LORD, concerning Cush a Benjamite.
• Then believed they His words; they sang His praise.
• When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

Trees and pragmatics

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