sing

«sing» in Mova's judaism dictionary: to make music with your voice, using words or tunes — 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 (sing, sings, sang, singing, sung)

meaning for a pupil

1) To sing means to make music with your voice, using words or tunes. tree →

2) Birds sing when they make musical calls. tree →

3) Things like a kettle or the wind can «sing» when they make a high, musical sound. tree →

4) To sing someone's praises means to praise them a lot. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Torah, singing is praise to God, as in Miriam's song after crossing the sea. Interpretation: Tradition reads these songs as examples of thanks to God, and the Song of the Sea is still sung in the daily morning prayers. In the primary lessons: In music lessons you sing songs, notes and rounds; in stories singing shows happiness or celebration. Phrases: «sing along», «sing a song», «sing in a choir», «sing out of tune», «sing Happy Birthday», «sing to sleep».

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 →
• Sing aloud, O ye nations, of His people; for He doth avenge the blood of His servants, and doth render vengeance to His adversaries, and doth make expiation for the land of His people. (Torah DEU.32.43, JPS 1917) tree →
• How shall we sing the LORD'S song in a foreign land? (Writings PSA.137.4, JPS 1917) tree →
• Sing unto Him a new song; play skilfully amid shouts of joy. (Writings PSA.33.3, JPS 1917) tree →
• Sing praises unto the glory of His name; make His praise glorious. (Writings PSA.66.2, JPS 1917) tree →
• We sing in the school choir. tree →
• She sang «Happy Birthday» to her dad. tree →
• The birds were singing in the morning. tree →
• Can you sing along to this song? tree →
• He has sung in three concerts. tree →
• Mum sang the baby to sleep. tree →
• The kettle began to sing on the stove. tree →
• My teacher always sings our praises. tree →

note

Irregular: sing – sang – sung (I sang yesterday; I have sung). Trap: «singed» is the past of «singe» (burn lightly), not of sing. A singer is a person who sings. «Sing» and «song»: you sing a song.

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:
• Therefore I will give thanks unto Thee, O LORD, among the nations, and will sing praises unto Thy name.
• Let me sing of my well-beloved, a song of my beloved touching his vineyard.
• Sing unto the LORD; for He hath done gloriously; this is made known in all the earth.

Trees and pragmatics

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