white
part of speech
adjective (white, whiter, whitest); noun (white)
meaning for a pupil
1) White is the colour of snow and milk. tree →
2) The white of an egg is the clear part that turns white when cooked. tree →
3) The whites of your eyes are the white parts around the coloured part. tree →
4) White can describe a pale face, from fear or illness. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: White is often the color of skin marks in the laws of skin disease, which the priest examines. In the Prophets and Writings it is also the color of purity and joy, as in white garments, snow-white cleanness, and white horses in a vision. Interpretation: The priest, not the person, decides whether a white spot is unclean, and the tradition sees this as a law about purity rather than medicine. White garments and being washed "whiter than snow" are read as pictures of forgiveness and a clean, joyful life. In the primary lessons: In school maths: a colour that sorts things into groups; others = total − white. In science: white light is made of all the colours of the rainbow; white things reflect light and stay cooler. In everyday life: white paint, white bread, snow. Phrases: «black and white», «egg white», «white as snow», «a white lie» (a small kind lie).
examples
- His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk. (Torah GEN.49.12, JPS 1917) tree →
- But if the raw flesh again be turned into white, then he shall come unto the priest; (Torah LEV.13.16, JPS 1917) tree →
- And if a man or a woman have in the skin of their flesh bright spots, even white bright spots; (Torah LEV.13.38, JPS 1917) tree →
- 'My beloved is white and ruddy, pre-eminent above ten thousand. (Writings SNG.5.10, JPS 1917) tree →
- Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no oil. (Writings ECC.9.8, JPS 1917) tree →
- and in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot grizzled bay horses. (Prophets ZEC.6.3, JPS 1917) tree →
- She has 8 white socks and 6 black socks. tree →
- 12 of the 30 cars are white. tree →
- How many are not white? tree →
- White paint costs 5 dollars a can. tree →
- The field was white with snow. tree →
- Whisk the egg whites until they are stiff. tree →
- A prism splits white light into a rainbow. tree →
- His face went white when he saw the spider. tree →
- Besides, Kotick was a white seal. tree →
note
Comparison: white, whiter, whitest. A «white lie» is a small lie told to be kind, but it is still a lie. Maths: a label for a group; others = total − white. No operation by itself.
In the corpora
- His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.
- But if the raw flesh again be turned into white, then he shall come unto the priest;
- And if a man or a woman have in the skin of their flesh bright spots, even white bright spots;
- and in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot grizzled bay horses.
- Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «white» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.