sit
part of speech
verb (sit, sits, sat, sitting)
meaning for a pupil
1) To sit is to rest your body on a seat or on the ground, with your weight on your bottom. tree →
2) To sit is to be in a place without moving, as in «the box sat in the hall». tree →
3) To sit a test or an exam (UK) is to take it. tree →
4) To sit for a dog is to put its bottom down when told. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Tanakh to sit can mean to rest on a seat, bed or ground, but also to sit as a king on a throne or to sit in the city gate, where leaders judged and met. Sitting on a throne means ruling. Interpretation: The tradition sees the gate and the throne as places of justice and rule, where a king or judge sits to lead the people. In the primary lessons: where things are: birds sitting on a fence, people sitting at tables; seats and rows; in class, «sit down», «sit still», «sit up straight»; phrases «sit down», «sit up», «sit next to», «babysit»
examples
- Arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.' (Torah GEN.27.19, JPS 1917) tree →
- Now Rachel had taken the teraphim, and put them in the saddle of the camel, and sat upon them. (Torah GEN.31.34, JPS 1917) tree →
- And one told Jacob, and said: 'Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee.' And Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed. (Torah GEN.48.2, JPS 1917) tree →
- Then the king arose, and sat in the gate. (Prophets 2SA.19.9, JPS 1917) tree →
- And he sat on the throne of the kings. (Prophets 2KI.11.19, JPS 1917) tree →
- So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed. (Prophets 1SA.28.23, JPS 1917) tree →
- 3 birds were sitting on the fence. tree →
- 4 children sit at each table. tree →
- How many people are sitting? tree →
- Then 2 more birds came to sit. tree →
- Please sit down and open your books. tree →
- Sit up straight at your desk. tree →
- I sat next to my best friend. tree →
- The dog will sit when you say «sit». tree →
- She will sit her exams in June. tree →
- The old car sat in the garage for years. tree →
- "Sit here, and await the bridegroom. tree →
note
Tells where things are, no clue by itself. «each table seats N» gives a rate. Trap: sitting at the start is the first amount. Past form «sat», not «sitted». Do not mix «sit» (you do it) with «set» (you put something down).
In the corpora
- Arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.'
- Now Rachel had taken the teraphim, and put them in the saddle of the camel, and sat upon them.
- But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian; and he sat down by a well.
- Every bed whereon he that hath the issue lieth shall be unclean; and every thing whereon he sitteth shall be unclean.
- And every thing that she lieth upon in her impurity shall be unclean; every thing also that she sitteth upon shall be unclean.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «sit» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.