seven
part of speech
number (seven)
meaning for a pupil
1) Seven is the number 7, one more than six and one less than eight. tree →
2) A week is 7 days. tree →
3) Seven o'clock is a time on the clock. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Seven is the number of the days of creation, with the seventh day as the Sabbath, and it appears everywhere in the festivals and offerings. Interpretation: Tradition sees seven as the number of completeness and holiness. The Sefer Yetzirah ties it to the seven Double letters, the seven planets and the seven days. In the primary lessons: Maths: a number of things; seven times table; seven is an odd number and a prime number. Everyday: «seven days» = a week; seven colours of the rainbow; seven continents. Stories: seven dwarfs, seven seas, seven wonders of the world.
examples
- And Abraham set seven ewe-lambs of the flock by themselves. (Torah GEN.21.28, JPS 1917) tree →
- And the thin ears swallowed up the seven good ears. (Torah GEN.41.24, JPS 1917) tree →
- a several tenth part for every lamb of the seven lambs; (Torah NUM.28.29, JPS 1917) tree →
- And he judged Israel seven years. (Prophets JDG.12.9, JPS 1917) tree →
- So was he seven years in building it. (Prophets 1KI.6.38, JPS 1917) tree →
- The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore. (Writings EZR.2.9, JPS 1917) tree →
- There are seven days in a week. tree →
- She has seven apples. tree →
- Seven children share 21 sweets, so each gets 3. tree →
- Seven times eight is 56. tree →
- The rainbow has seven colours. tree →
- There are seven continents on Earth. tree →
- School starts at seven forty-five. tree →
- Snow White lived with the seven dwarfs. tree →
- But Legless threw it seven miles. tree →
note
A number written as a word; read it as 7. Seven is odd and prime. Trap: «a week» may hide the number 7. Do not confuse seven (7) with seventh (7th, or one of seven parts).
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «seven» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.