sunrise

«sunrise» in Mova's judaism dictionary: the time in the morning when the sun first appears above… — 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 sunrise, sunrises; sunrise)

meaning for a pupil

1) Sunrise is the time in the morning when the sun first appears above the horizon. tree →

2) A sunrise is the colours and light in the sky when the sun comes up. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: "Toward the sunrising" means to the east. Interpretation: East is the direction of Eden and of the first camp of Judah. Tradition faces Jerusalem for prayer, not the sunrise. In the primary lessons: In science, sunrise happens because the Earth spins, not because the sun moves round the Earth; the sun rises in the east. In geography and maths, sunrise times change through the year: earlier in summer and later in winter. In stories, sunrise often means a new start or hope. Phrases: «at sunrise», «from sunrise to sunset», «watch the sunrise».

examples

• Then Moses separated three cities beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising; (Torah DEU.4.41, JPS 1917) tree →
• and they took his land in possession, and the land of Og king of Bashan, the two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising; (Torah DEU.4.47, JPS 1917) tree →
• Now those that pitch on the east side toward the sunrising shall be they of the standard of the camp of Judah, according to their hosts; the prince of the children of Judah being Nahshon the son of Amminadab, (Torah NUM.2.3, JPS 1917) tree →
• and the land of the Gebalites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrising, from Baal-gad under mount Hermon unto the entrance of Hamath; (Prophets JOS.13.5, JPS 1917) tree →
• They inclosed the Benjamites round about, and chased them, and overtook them at their resting-place, as far as over against Gibeah toward the sunrising. (Prophets JDG.20.43, JPS 1917) tree →
• And it turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrising unto the border of Chisloth-tabor; and it went out to Dobrath, and went up to Japhia. (Prophets JOS.19.12, JPS 1917) tree →
• We got up early to watch the sunrise. tree →
• The farmer works from sunrise to sunset. tree →
• The sun rises in the east. tree →
• The sunrise turned the sky pink and orange. tree →
• Sunrise is later in winter than in summer. tree →
• The birds start singing before sunrise. tree →
• If sunrise is at 6:30 and sunset is at 7:30 in the evening, there are 13 hours of daylight. tree →
• We left the campsite at sunrise. tree →
• He reached the palace at sunrise. tree →

note

Countable for the picture in the sky (a beautiful sunrise), uncountable for the time (at sunrise). Opposite: sunset. Myth: the sun does not really go round the Earth; the Earth turning makes it look as if it rises. Safety: never look straight at the sun, even at sunrise.

In the corpora

• The stones of Stonehenge line up with the sunrise in midsummer and the sunset in midwinter.
• Mercury spins very slowly, so one sunrise to the next takes about 176 Earth days, two of its years.
• On Mercury one sunrise to the next takes about 176 Earth days, which is two of its 88-day years.
• The line between the lit half and the dark half moves around the Earth as it spins, bringing sunrise and sunset.
• Sunrise is your side turning towards the Sun; sunset is your side turning away.

Trees and pragmatics

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