troop

«troop» in Mova's judaism dictionary: Soldiers, especially a large group of them — 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 troop, troops; troops — soldiers); verb (troop, troops, trooped, trooping)

meaning for a pupil

1) (troops) Soldiers, especially a large group of them. tree →

2) A group of soldiers, especially on horses or in tanks. tree →

3) A group of people or animals, such as a troop of monkeys or a troop of scouts. tree →

4) (verb) To walk together as a group, often in a line: «the children trooped into the hall». tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: A troop is a band of fighters or raiders. Jacob's blessing plays on the word for Gad, and later writers speak of a troop of horsemen and of David running upon a troop in battle. Once it names a unit of soldiers. In the primary lessons: In history and news, troops are soldiers sent somewhere. In nature lessons, groups of monkeys and baboons are called troops. In everyday life a scout troop is a group of scouts. In stories, «trooping in» shows a group arriving together, often slowly or unwillingly. Phrases: «troops», «a troop of monkeys», «scout troop», «troop in», «troop out».

examples

• Gad, a troop shall troop upon him; but he shall troop upon their heel. (Torah GEN.49.19, JPS 1917) tree →
• and Joelah, and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of the troop. (Writings 1CH.12.8, JPS 1917) tree →
• And, behold, there came a troop of men, horsemen by pairs. (Prophets ISA.21.9, JPS 1917) tree →
• For by Thee I run upon a troop; by my God do I scale a wall. (Prophets 2SA.22.30, JPS 1917) tree →
• The troops marched across the bridge. tree →
• A troop of monkeys swung through the trees. tree →
• My brother is in the local scout troop. tree →
• The children trooped into the hall for assembly. tree →
• We trooped out to the bus after the trip. tree →
• The government sent troops to help after the earthquake. tree →
• The baboon troop was led by a big male. tree →
• “It is a lord with his troop.” tree →

note

«Troops» (plural) usually means soldiers; «200 troops» = 200 soldiers. Homophone trap: «troop» (group) vs «troupe» (a group of actors, dancers or singers, as in a dance troupe). A «trooper» is a soldier or police officer (US: state trooper).

In the corpora

• Gad, a troop shall troop upon him; but he shall troop upon their heel.
• For by Thee I run upon a troop; by my God do I scale a wall.
• And, behold, there came a troop of men, horsemen by pairs.
• For by Thee I run upon a troop; and by my God do I scale a wall.
• His troops come on together, and cast up their way against me, and encamp round about my tent.

Trees and pragmatics

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