west
part of speech
noun (the west); adjective (west, western); adverb (west, westward)
meaning for a pupil
1) West is the direction where the sun goes down in the evening. tree →
2) The West is a part of a country or the world in the west, like the American West. tree →
3) A west wind blows from the west. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: West is the direction of the Great Sea, the Mediterranean. The Tabernacle's rear side faced west. Interpretation: The west side of the Tabernacle was the back, where the Gershonites camped. Tradition later says the Divine Presence rests in the west. In the primary lessons: In school maths: a direction of travel; distances in directions, east and west cancel partly. In geography: the four compass points north, east, south, west; maps have north at the top, so west is on the left. In stories: cowboys in the Wild West. Phrases: «to the west», «west of», «head west», «the West Coast», «the Wild West».
examples
- And for the western border, ye shall have the Great Sea for a border; this shall be your west border. (Torah NUM.34.6, JPS 1917) tree →
- And for the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits: their pillars ten, and their sockets ten. (Torah EXO.27.12, JPS 1917) tree →
- And for the west side were hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars ten, and their sockets ten; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver. (Torah EXO.38.12, JPS 1917) tree →
- And as for the west border, the Great Sea was the border thereof. (Prophets JOS.15.12, JPS 1917) tree →
- On the four sides were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south. (Writings 1CH.9.24, JPS 1917) tree →
- He turned about to the west side, and measured five hundred reeds with the measuring reed. (Prophets EZK.42.19, JPS 1917) tree →
- He walked 3 km west. tree →
- The town is 20 miles west of the city. tree →
- She drove east 10 miles and then west 4 miles. tree →
- How far is she from home? tree →
- The sun sets in the west. tree →
- On a map, west is on the left. tree →
- Perth is on the west coast of Australia. tree →
- A strong west wind blew the leaves away. tree →
note
Lower case for the direction («go west»), capital for a region name («the West», «West Africa»). Opposite of east. «Western» is the adjective: «western Canada». Maths: directions — going back the opposite way subtracts, the same way adds. Trap: east then west partly cancels (10 east then 4 west is 6 from home).
In the corpora
- And for the western border, ye shall have the Great Sea for a border; this shall be your west border.
- And as for the west border, the Great Sea was the border thereof.
- The Arameans on the east, and the Philistines on the west; and they devour Israel with open mouth.
- Fear not, for I am with thee; I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west;
- He turned about to the west side, and measured five hundred reeds with the measuring reed.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «west» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.