song

«song» in Mova's judaism dictionary: a short piece of music with words that you sing — 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 (a song, songs)

meaning for a pupil

1) A song is a short piece of music with words that you sing. tree →

2) Song is the act or art of singing («burst into song»). tree →

3) A bird's song is the musical sounds it makes. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Moses wrote a song to teach the people so they would remember the covenant. In the Psalms, "a Song" is a heading for many psalms, sung in worship with music, and the Song of Songs is a whole book of love poetry. Interpretation: Tradition reads these songs as ways to keep the people's memory alive, and the Song at the Sea is sung in prayers to this day. The Levites sang psalms in the Temple, and the rabbis called the Song of Songs the holiest of songs. In the primary lessons: In music lessons pupils learn songs, verses and choruses, rhythm and rhyme; nursery rhymes and hymns are kinds of song. In science, birdsong helps birds attract mates and defend their area. Phrases: «sing a song», «birdsong», «burst into song», «for a song» (very cheaply), «song and dance» (a big fuss).

examples

• Then sang Israel this song: Spring up, O well — sing ye unto it — (Torah NUM.21.17, JPS 1917) tree →
• So Moses wrote this song the same day, and taught it the children of Israel. (Torah DEU.31.22, JPS 1917) tree →
• And Moses spoke in the ears of all the assembly of Israel the words of this song, until they were finished: (Torah DEU.31.30, JPS 1917) tree →
• A Psalm of David, a Song. (Writings PSA.68.1, JPS 1917) tree →
• A Psalm of Asaph, a Song. (Writings PSA.75.1, JPS 1917) tree →
• A Song, a Psalm of Asaph. (Writings PSA.83.1, JPS 1917) tree →
• We sang a song in assembly. tree →
• What is your favourite song? tree →
• The song has three verses and a chorus. tree →
• I heard the song of a blackbird this morning. tree →
• The whole family burst into song in the car. tree →
• She wrote a song about her dog. tree →
• Dad bought the old bike for a song. tree →
• Don't make a song and dance about it. tree →
• What song could the Ranunculus sing? tree →

note

Usually countable («a song»); uncountable in «birdsong» and «in song». Verb: «sing, sang, sung». «For a song» means very cheaply, not with music.

In the corpora

• Then sang Israel this song: Spring up, O well — sing ye unto it —
• So Moses wrote this song the same day, and taught it the children of Israel.
• And Moses spoke in the ears of all the assembly of Israel the words of this song, until they were finished:
• And he spoke three thousand proverbs; and his songs were a thousand and five.
• Let me sing of my well-beloved, a song of my beloved touching his vineyard.

Trees and pragmatics

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