twain

«twain» in Mova's judaism dictionary: Two — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective or noun; old use

meaning for a pupil

Two. It is used in old tales and set phrases. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: An old word for "two". It appears in phrases like "the two of them" and "cut in twain", meaning cut in two. Interpretation: In Jeremiah, cutting the calf in two is the ancient way of making a covenant. The people who passed between the pieces were saying that they should be cut apart like the calf if they broke the oath. In the primary lessons: the old word for two, as in «split in twain»

examples

• He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, and prayed unto the LORD. (Prophets 2KI.4.33, JPS 1917) tree →
• Above Him stood the seraphim; each one had six wings: with twain he covered his face and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. (Prophets ISA.6.2, JPS 1917) tree →
• And I will give the men that have transgressed My covenant, that have not performed the words of the covenant which they made before Me, when they cut the calf in twain and passed between the parts thereof; (Prophets JER.34.18, JPS 1917) tree →
• The rope was cut in twain. tree →
• Childe Rowland and his brothers twain were playing ball. tree →
• The door split in twain. tree →

note

it means exactly two, so it is a count of 2, no more and no less

In the corpora

• He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, and prayed unto the LORD.

Trees and pragmatics

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