spring
part of speech
noun (spring, springs); verb (spring, springs, sprang, sprung, springing)
meaning for a pupil
1) Spring is the season after winter and before summer, when plants start to grow. Spring is a season of 3 months. tree →
2) A spring is a coil of metal that goes back to its shape after you press or pull it. tree →
3) A spring is a place where water comes up out of the ground. tree →
4) To spring is to jump quickly: «the cat sprang onto the wall». tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Here it means a place where water comes out of the ground. Elim has twelve springs, and "Spring up, O well" is a song to a well in the wilderness. The Writings also speak of the springs of the sea and springs sent into valleys, and Proverbs uses springs as a picture of a family's children. Interpretation: Tradition links the twelve springs of Elim with the twelve tribes and the palm trees with the seventy elders. The Song of the Well is read as thanks for water, which Rabbis said came by the merit of Miriam. The psalm sees God's care for the world in the springs He sends. In the primary lessons: a season of three months; or springs counted as things; in science: in spring days get longer, flowers bloom, birds build nests and lambs are born; springs store energy (in a pen, a trampoline, a bed); in geography: a spring is a source of a river; phrases: «spring cleaning», «spring up» (appear suddenly), «hot spring»
examples
- Then sang Israel this song: Spring up, O well — sing ye unto it — (Torah NUM.21.17, JPS 1917) tree →
- And they came to Elim, where were twelve springs of water, and three score and ten palm-trees; and they encamped there by the waters. (Torah EXO.15.27, JPS 1917) tree →
- And they journeyed from Marah, and came unto Elim; and in Elim were twelve springs of water, and threescore and ten palm-trees; and they pitched there. (Torah NUM.33.9, JPS 1917) tree →
- Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? (Writings JOB.38.16, JPS 1917) tree →
- Who sendest forth springs into the valleys; they run between the mountains; (Writings PSA.104.10, JPS 1917) tree →
- Let thy springs be dispersed abroad, and courses of water in the streets. (Writings PRO.5.16, JPS 1917) tree →
- In spring they planted 40 trees. tree →
- Spring has 3 months. tree →
- A box has 12 springs. tree →
- Birds lay eggs in spring. tree →
- In spring the days get longer and warmer. tree →
- Press the spring and it bounces back. tree →
- The river starts at a spring in the hills. tree →
- The cat sprang onto the fence. tree →
- In Australia, spring starts in September. tree →
- We do our spring cleaning every year. tree →
- Spring came, and the fishing began. tree →
note
Mostly a story word; hidden fact: a season has 3 months. Seasons are opposite in the north (USA, UK) and the south (Australia, New Zealand). In science, a spring stretches more when you hang more weight on it. Past: sprang, sprung.
In the corpora
- And, behold, seven ears, thin and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them.
- And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them.
- Then sang Israel this song: Spring up, O well — sing ye unto it —
- Behold, I will do a new thing; now shall it spring forth; shall ye not know it?
- And they shall spring up among the grass, as willows by the watercourses.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «spring» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.