troops

«troops» 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 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun, plural (troops); singular troop (a troop, troops); verb (troop, troops, trooped, trooping)

meaning for a pupil

1) Troops are soldiers, especially a large group of them. tree →

2) A troop is a group of soldiers, scouts or animals such as monkeys: a troop of Girl Scouts, a troop of baboons. tree →

3) To troop somewhere is to walk there together as a group, often slowly or tiredly: the children trooped into the hall. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Bands of armed men or raiders, such as soldiers in an army or robbers waiting to ambush a traveler. Interpretation: Hosea compares the priests to robber bands, which shows how serious the sin of those who should have led the people in righteousness was. In the primary lessons: In history lessons and news, troops are soldiers sent somewhere. In science, a troop of monkeys or baboons lives together. In everyday school life, classes troop into assembly. Phrases: send in the troops, a troop of scouts, troop in, troop out.

examples

• And Elam bore the quiver, with troops of men, even horsemen; and Kir uncovered the shield. (Prophets ISA.22.6, JPS 1917) tree →
• His troops come on together, and cast up their way against me, and encamp round about my tent. (Writings JOB.19.12, JPS 1917) tree →
• And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so doth the company of priests; they murder in the way toward Shechem; yea, they commit enormity. (Prophets HOS.6.9, JPS 1917) tree →
• The troops marched across the bridge. tree →
• A troop of monkeys swung through the trees. tree →
• My sister is in a Girl Scout troop. tree →
• The tired children trooped back to the bus. tree →
• The general sent more troops to the city. tree →
• We all trooped into the hall for assembly. tree →
• Seven leaders were now chosen, each at the head of a separate detachment of troops. tree →

note

«Troops» usually means many soldiers (we don't count them one by one as «a troop» = one soldier). Homophone: «troupe» (a group of actors or dancers: a dance troupe). In maths, «200 troops in 4 equal groups» means 200 ÷ 4 = 50 in each.

In the corpora

• And Elam bore the quiver, with troops of men, even horsemen; and Kir uncovered the shield.
• His troops come on together, and cast up their way against me, and encamp round about my tent.
• Squirrel monkeys travel in big troops and often follow capuchin monkeys to find fruit trees, and many eyes spot eagles sooner.

Trees and pragmatics

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