sky

«sky» in Mova's judaism dictionary: The space above the Earth where you see clouds, the Sun… — 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

noun (the sky, skies)

meaning for a pupil

1) The space above the Earth where you see clouds, the Sun, the Moon and the stars. tree →

2) The weather or look of it: blue skies, grey skies. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Tanakh "skies" is a poetic word for the heavens above, from which rain pours and where God's goodness is said to reach. Psalms say God's faithfulness reaches to the skies. Interpretation: The tradition reads the skies as showing God's greatness and care, since He sends the rain and His kindness is as high as the heavens. In the primary lessons: In science: the sky looks blue in the day because air scatters blue sunlight more; at sunset it turns red and orange; at night we see stars and planets. Looking at the sky helps forecast weather (dark clouds mean rain). Never look straight at the Sun. Phrases: in the sky, blue sky, night sky, clear sky, the sky's the limit, skyscraper, sky-high.

examples

• There is none like unto God, O Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven as thy help, and in His excellency on the skies. (Torah DEU.33.26, JPS 1917) tree →
• Which the skies pour down and drop upon the multitudes of men. (Writings JOB.36.28, JPS 1917) tree →
• And He commanded the skies above, and opened the doors of heaven; (Writings PSA.78.23, JPS 1917) tree →
• Thy lovingkindness, O LORD, is in the heavens; Thy faithfulness reacheth unto the skies. (Writings PSA.36.6, JPS 1917) tree →
• The sky is blue today. tree →
• Birds fly across the sky. tree →
• At night the sky is full of stars. tree →
• Dark clouds filled the sky before the storm. tree →
• The sky turned pink at sunset. tree →
• Skyscrapers are very tall buildings. tree →
• We hope for clear skies on sports day. tree →
• Prices went sky-high. tree →
• Little by little the sky cleared. tree →

note

Usually «the sky». Plural «skies» (y → ies) is used for weather: sunny skies. «The sky's the limit» means there is no limit. The sky is not a solid roof; it is air and space.

In the corpora

• And He made darkness pavilions round about Him, gathering of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
• He made darkness His hiding-place, His pavilion round about Him; darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
• Thy lovingkindness, O LORD, is in the heavens; Thy faithfulness reacheth unto the skies.
• For Thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and Thy truth unto the skies.
• Ascribe ye strength unto God; His majesty is over Israel, and His strength is in the skies.

Trees and pragmatics

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