week
part of speech
noun (week, weeks; casual: wk, wks)
meaning for a pupil
1) A week is seven days, from Monday to Sunday or Sunday to Saturday. tree →
2) The week can mean the school or work days, Monday to Friday. tree →
3) (casual) «A week Tuesday» (UK) means a week after next Tuesday; «weekend» is Saturday and Sunday; «midweek» is around Wednesday. tree →
4) (casual) «Weeks» can mean a long time, not counted: «I haven't seen him for weeks». tree →
5) (formal) Exams and notices say «weekly», «per week», «per week, inclusive of weekends», «a period of seven days», «fortnightly» (every two weeks) and «per annum» (per year). tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: A week is a set of seven days ending with the Sabbath. The "feast of weeks" is Shavuot, held after seven weeks of counting. In Daniel, "three whole weeks" is a period of mourning and fasting, and Ezekiel's "weeks upon weeks" means long stretches of time. Interpretation: The week is tradition's way of recalling creation's seven days. The seven weeks counted between Passover and Shavuot link freedom to receiving the Torah. Daniel's three weeks of mourning is read as a model of repentance and humbling oneself. In the primary lessons: seven days: «N a day for a week» is N × 7; school timetables repeat every week; phrases: «a week», «per week», «every week», «next week», «last week», «this week», «weekend», «week by week», «a week off», «a fortnight» (two weeks, UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ); in casual talk «see ya next wk», «for weeks», «what a week»; in rough talk «what a crap week»; in the exam voice «per week», «over a period of seven days», «remunerated weekly»
examples
- And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week; and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife. (Torah GEN.29.28, JPS 1917) tree →
- even unto the morrow after the seventh week shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall present a new meal-offering unto the LORD. (Torah LEV.23.16, JPS 1917) tree →
- And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, even of the first-fruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the turn of the year. (Torah EXO.34.22, JPS 1917) tree →
- In those days I Daniel was mourning three whole weeks. (Writings DAN.10.2, JPS 1917) tree →
- I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled. (Writings DAN.10.3, JPS 1917) tree →
- And it shall be unto them as a false divination in their sight, who have weeks upon weeks! but it bringeth iniquity to remembrance, that they may be taken. (Prophets EZK.21.28, JPS 1917) tree →
- How many pages does Anna read in a week? tree →
- Ben swims 3 times a week. tree →
- Two weeks have how many days? tree →
- A week is 7 days. tree →
- We go to the library every week. tree →
- Half-term is a week long. tree →
- My tooth came out last week. tree →
- see ya next wk, bring the 10 bucks tree →
- What a crap week, I lost my bus pass twice. tree →
- Dad's off for a fortnight, that's 14 days. tree →
- A pupil is remunerated 5 dollars weekly. Compute the amount received over a period of four weeks. tree →
- I haven't seen my cousin for weeks. tree →
note
A week is 7 days. Two weeks are 14 days, called a fortnight in the UK, Ireland, Australia and NZ. A year has 52 weeks. Trap: «N a day for a week» is N × 7. The weekend is Saturday and Sunday. «weekly» means once every week. «for weeks» in talk means a long time, not a number. Trap: «week» and «weak» (not strong) sound the same.
In the corpora
- And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week; and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife.
- In those days I Daniel was mourning three whole weeks.
- Shops, hospitals, buses and factories need people at all hours, so their workers follow a rota that can change every week.
- Knowing this helps you understand why a family's week is planned round a piece of paper on the fridge.
- Many parents wait about three months before telling people, because the early weeks are the most uncertain.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «week» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.