simplicity

«simplicity» in Mova's judaism dictionary: Being simple and easy to understand or do — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (simplicity — usually uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) Being simple and easy to understand or do. tree →

2) Being plain, without decoration or extras. tree →

3) An honest, plain way of living or thinking. tree →

4) Simplicity can also mean being too trusting and easy to fool. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Torah, "simplicity of heart" means honest, innocent intentions with no bad purpose. Interpretation: Tradition reads Abimelech's words as a claim that he acted without knowing Sarah was married, and God agrees he was honest. In the primary lessons: A word for ideas, designs and ways of life. In maths and science, simplicity is valued: a simple rule that explains a lot. In art and design, simplicity means plain lines and few colours. In stories it can describe a quiet country life, like Mole's simple home in The Wind in the Willows. Phrase: «for simplicity» or «for the sake of simplicity» means to make things easier.

examples

• In the simplicity of my heart and the innocency of my hands have I done this.' (Torah GEN.20.5, JPS 1917) tree →
• And God said unto him in the dream: 'Yea, I know that in the simplicity of thy heart thou hast done this, and I also withheld thee from sinning against Me. (Torah GEN.20.6, JPS 1917) tree →
• And with Absalom went two hundred men out of Jerusalem, that were invited, and went in their simplicity; and they knew not any thing. (Prophets 2SA.15.11, JPS 1917) tree →
• The simplicity of the game made it great for little children. tree →
• I love the simplicity of a plain white room. tree →
• For simplicity, round the numbers to the nearest ten. tree →
• The beauty of the answer was its simplicity. tree →
• They enjoyed the simplicity of life on the farm. tree →
• The instructions were written with great simplicity. tree →
• Perceiving their simplicity, he cast down a huge log into the lake. tree →

note

Usually uncountable. From «simple». Spelling: -icity at the end (simplicity, not simpleness). «For simplicity» in maths: you may round or leave out details to make the problem easier, but the answer is then approximate.

In the corpora

• In the simplicity of my heart and the innocency of my hands have I done this.'

Trees and pragmatics

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