son

«son» in Mova's judaism dictionary: a boy or man who is someone's child — 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 (son, sons)

meaning for a pupil

1) A son is a boy or man who is someone's child. tree →

2) «Son» is also a friendly word an older man may use to a boy. tree →

sense in the lessons

Interpretation: The family lines of sons are used to count the tribes, and the firstborn son held special duties and an inheritance in the family. In the primary lessons: a person in age problems; the father's age compared to the son's; in families: a son and a daughter are brother and sister; in stories: a king's son is a prince; phrases: «only son», «eldest son», «father and son»

examples

• These are the sons of Adah. (Torah GEN.36.16, JPS 1917) tree →
• And the sons of Dan: Hushim. (Torah GEN.46.23, JPS 1917) tree →
• And the sons of Pallu: Eliab. (Torah NUM.26.8, JPS 1917) tree →
• These are the sons of Ishmael. (Writings 1CH.1.31, JPS 1917) tree →
• And the sons of Ethan: Azariah. (Writings 1CH.2.8, JPS 1917) tree →
• And the sons of Appaim: Ishi. (Writings 1CH.2.31, JPS 1917) tree →
• The father is 3 times as old as his son. tree →
• The son is 8 years old. tree →
• In 5 years the son will be 13. tree →
• A man has 2 sons. tree →
• The farmer's son helped feed the cows. tree →
• Mrs Lee has one son and two daughters. tree →
• The king left the castle to his eldest son. tree →
• Father and son went fishing together. tree →
• "Approach, my son," he said kindly. tree →

note

In age problems both ages grow by the same years. Trap: «3 times as old» is not the same in later years. Homophone: son (a child) and sun (the star) sound the same. Plural: sons.

In the corpora

• And the days of Adam after he begot Seth were eight hundred years; and he begot sons and daughters.
• And Seth lived after he begot Enosh eight hundred and seven years, and begot sons and daughters.
• And Enosh lived after he begot Kenan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begot sons and daughters.
• And Kenan lived after he begot Mahalalel eight hundred and forty years, and begot sons and daughters.
• And Mahalalel lived after he begot Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begot sons and daughters.

Trees and pragmatics

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