sown
part of speech
verb form (sown; from sow)
meaning for a pupil
1) Sown is the past participle of sow: planted as seeds. The farmer has sown wheat in the field. tree →
2) «Sown with» means spread with something, like a field sown with seeds. tree →
sense in the lessons
Interpretation: Seed that is sown is still kept clean even if a dead creature touches it, and sowing mixed seeds in a vineyard is forbidden. Tradition reads these laws as keeping God's order of creation. The Psalms say "light is sown for the righteous", a picture of hope for good people, and Ezekiel promises that the land will be tilled and sown again. In the primary lessons: Maths: seeds or fields planted, often a rate per acre. Farming and science: seeds are sown in spring; you reap what you sow (a saying: what you do comes back to you). Stories and old texts.
examples
- And if aught of their carcass fall upon any sowing seed which is to be sown, it is clean. (Torah LEV.11.37, JPS 1917) tree →
- Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with two kinds of seed; lest the fulness of the seed which thou hast sown be forfeited together with the increase of the vineyard. (Torah DEU.22.9, JPS 1917) tree →
- And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough valley, which may neither be plowed nor sown, and shall break the heifer's neck there in the valley. (Torah DEU.21.4, JPS 1917) tree →
- Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart. (Writings PSA.97.11, JPS 1917) tree →
- For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn unto you, and ye shall be tilled and sown; (Prophets EZK.36.9, JPS 1917) tree →
- And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east; they came up against them; (Prophets JDG.6.3, JPS 1917) tree →
- The field was sown with 50 kg of seed. tree →
- 3 acres have been sown. tree →
- How many rows are sown? tree →
- Each acre sown needs 2 bags of seed. tree →
- The beans were sown in neat rows. tree →
- Once the seeds are sown, water them gently. tree →
- The farmer had sown corn in the big field. tree →
- SOME CRANES made their feeding grounds on some plowlands newly sown with wheat. tree →
note
Sow, sowed, sown (or sowed). Seeds or fields planted, often a rate per acre. Trap: do not read «sown» as «sewn» (with a needle). «Sow» (seeds) rhymes with «go»; a «sow» (a female pig) rhymes with «cow».
In the corpora
- And if aught of their carcass fall upon any sowing seed which is to be sown, it is clean.
- For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn unto you, and ye shall be tilled and sown;
- Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.
Trees and pragmatics
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