spend
part of speech
verb (spend, spends, spent, spending)
meaning for a pupil
1) To spend is to pay out money. tree →
2) To spend time is to use it doing something or being somewhere: «spend a day at the zoo». tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Here it means to use up completely, such as water or strength running out. Job also uses it for passing time: days spent without hope, or spent in prosperity. Interpretation: God says He will use up His arrows, a picture of punishment. The water spent in Hagar's bottle is read as a time of great danger when God then showed her a well. In the primary lessons: the same as pay: «How much does A spend» asks for all A paid: add the costs; money left = money at first − money spent; time spent is added like other times; phrases: «spend on», «spend time», «spend the night», «spend wisely»
examples
- I will heap evils upon them; I will spend Mine arrows upon them; (Torah DEU.32.23, JPS 1917) tree →
- And the water in the bottle was spent, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs. (Torah GEN.21.15, JPS 1917) tree →
- And your strength shall be spent in vain; for your land shall not yield her produce, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruit. (Torah LEV.26.20, JPS 1917) tree →
- My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope. (Writings JOB.7.6, JPS 1917) tree →
- They spend their days in prosperity, and peacefully they go down to the grave. (Writings JOB.21.13, JPS 1917) tree →
- If they hearken and serve Him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures. (Writings JOB.36.11, JPS 1917) tree →
- How much does Anna spend? tree →
- Sam spent 12 cents on sweets and 8 cents on a pen. tree →
- Max spends 2 hours reading. tree →
- We spent the weekend at Gran's. tree →
- Don't spend all your pocket money at once. tree →
- How much time do you spend on homework? tree →
- She spent 5 dollars and saved 3. tree →
- We spent the night in a tent. tree →
- "Have you spent the night comfortably?" tree →
note
Past: spent. «How much does A spend» asks for all A paid: add the costs. Money left = money at first − money spent. Opposite of spend: save.
In the corpora
- And the water in the bottle was spent, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.
- I will heap evils upon them; I will spend Mine arrows upon them;
- Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your gain for that which satisfieth not?
- A fool spendeth all his spirit; but a wise man stilleth it within him.
- My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «spend» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.