want
part of speech
verb (want, wants, wanted, wanting); noun (wants — the things people want)
meaning for a pupil
1) To want means to wish to have or do something. tree →
2) «Want to» + a verb means you would like to do it: «I want to play». tree →
3) «Wanted» on a poster means the police are looking for someone. tree →
4) Wants are things people wish for but do not really need, unlike needs. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Torah it can mean need or lack, as in the "want of their little ones." In the Psalms and Proverbs it means lacking what you need: "I shall not want" means I will lack nothing, and "want" can come like an armed man. In Daniel "found wanting" means found too light and lacking when weighed. Interpretation: Psalm 23 is read as trust that God the shepherd supplies every need. Daniel's "wanting" is read as God's judgment that King Belshazzar fell short. In the primary lessons: In school maths: a goal amount; the difference between what one has and what one wants; how many more are needed. In everyday life and economics lessons: needs and wants (food is a need, a toy is a want). Phrases: «want to», «want more», «do you want», «wanted poster».
examples
- And Joseph sustained his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, according to the want of their little ones. (Torah GEN.47.12, JPS 1917) tree →
- "lien Sira wanted to study the Sefer Yetzira, when a heav- enly voice came out and snid: 'Thou canst nut do it aloin-'. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
- Then the one whom they had created said to them: 'God created Adam, and when He wanted to put him to death, he erased a letter fro7n the wind p]met and it became Met (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
- The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. (Writings PSA.23.1, JPS 1917) tree →
- TEKEL, Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting. (Writings DAN.5.27, JPS 1917) tree →
- So shall thy poverty come as a runner, and thy want as an armed man. (Writings PRO.6.11, JPS 1917) tree →
- She wants 20 stickers and has 12. tree →
- He wants to buy a bike that costs 80 dollars. tree →
- How many more does she want? tree →
- Tom wants to share 15 apples equally. tree →
- Do you want some juice? tree →
- I want to be a vet when I grow up. tree →
- Food is a need, but a new game is a want. tree →
- The sheriff put up a «wanted» poster. tree →
- “But we want you to dance.” tree →
note
«I want to go», not «I want go». «Would like» is more polite than «want»: «I would like some water, please». Maths: gives a goal; «how many more» = goal − what one has. Trap: the wanted amount is not yet owned, so do not add it to what one has.
In the corpora
- but thou shalt surely open thy hand unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need in that which he wanteth.
- that they may want bread and water, and be appalled one with another, and pine away in their iniquity.
- The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
- O fear the LORD, ye His holy ones; for there is no want to them that fear Him.
- The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger; but they that seek the LORD want not any good thing.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «want» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.