table
part of speech
noun (table, tables); verb (table, tables, tabled — rare)
meaning for a pupil
1) A table is a piece of furniture with a flat top on legs, where you eat, work or put things. tree →
2) A table is also a set of numbers or words in rows and columns, like a times table or a timetable. tree →
3) The table can mean the people sitting at it: «the whole table laughed». tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Tabernacle it was a special gold-covered table that held the showbread before God. Interpretation: Tradition says twelve loaves, one for each tribe, were set on it each Sabbath. It is seen as a sign of God's blessing of food and plenty. In the primary lessons: the place where things are put and taken away; a «times table» is a list of products (3 × 1, 3 × 2 …); in science a table of results records what we measured; phrases: «set the table», «clear the table», «at the table», «times tables»
examples
- the table, all the vessels thereof, and the showbread; (Torah EXO.39.36, JPS 1917) tree →
- And thou shalt set upon the table showbread before Me alway. (Torah EXO.25.30, JPS 1917) tree →
- the table, and its staves, and all its vessels, and the showbread; (Torah EXO.35.13, JPS 1917) tree →
- Therefore he is not come unto the king's table.' (Prophets 1SA.20.29, JPS 1917) tree →
- Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thy heart. (Writings PRO.7.3, JPS 1917) tree →
- While the king sat at his table, my spikenard sent forth its fragrance. (Writings SNG.1.12, JPS 1917) tree →
- I put three spoons on the table. tree →
- There are 4 stamps on the table and 10 stamps in the box. tree →
- Mia takes 2 apples off the table. tree →
- Please set the table for dinner. tree →
- We learned the 7 times table today. tree →
- Write your results in the table. tree →
- The bus table shows when the next bus comes. tree →
- The whole table cheered when the cake arrived. tree →
- The copyists sat at their tables. tree →
note
A place, not an amount. «on the table and in the box» lists two parts to add. Trap: a «times table» is a list of products, not furniture. Countable: a table, tables. «Turn the tables» means to change who is winning.
In the corpora
- Close by the border shall the rings be, for places for the staves to bear the table.
- And thou shalt set upon the table showbread before Me alway.
- and the table and all the vessels thereof, and the candlestick and the vessels thereof, and the altar of incense,
- and the table and its vessels, and the pure candlestick with all its vessels, and the altar of incense;
- And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «table» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.