softness

«softness» in Mova's judaism dictionary: being soft to touch: easy to press, smooth and gentle… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (softness — uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) Softness is being soft to touch: easy to press, smooth and gentle, like a pillow or a kitten's fur. tree →

2) Softness is being quiet or gentle in sound or light: the softness of her voice, the softness of candlelight. tree →

3) Softness is also gentleness and kindness in a person; sometimes it means being too weak or not strict enough. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Kalisch's translation, the double letters serve as a model of softness and hardness, because they have two ways of being pronounced. Interpretation: Softness and hardness are taken as one of the pairs of opposites in creation that the letters stand for. In the primary lessons: In science lessons softness is a property of materials, compared with hardness (a material is soft if it is easily scratched or squashed). In stories it describes feelings, fabrics, voices and light. Phrases: "the softness of", "softness of heart".

examples

• The [33] seven double letters, בגד כפרת with a duplicity of pronunciation, aspirated and unaspirated, namely: ,תּת ,רּר ,פּפ ,כּכ ,דּד ,גּג ,בּב serve as a model of softness and hardness, strength and weakness. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →
• I love the softness of my new blanket. tree →
• We tested the softness of different materials by pressing them. tree →
• The softness of her voice calmed the baby. tree →
• Talc is famous for its softness; you can scratch it with a fingernail. tree →
• The softness of the morning light woke me gently. tree →
• The coach said his softness with the team made them lazy. tree →
• The kitten's fur has an amazing softness. tree →
• In spite of the softness of the bed, he was very glad when morning came at last. tree →

note

Uncountable: no plural. Formed from soft + -ness. Opposite: hardness, roughness. In science, "soft" means easily scratched or shaped, not just nice to touch.

Trees and pragmatics

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