word

«word» in Mova's judaism dictionary: a unit of language with a meaning, like «apple» or «run» — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (word, words); verb (word, worded — rare)

meaning for a pupil

1) A word is a unit of language with a meaning, like «apple» or «run». tree →

2) A word can be a short talk or news: «Can I have a word?». tree →

3) Your word is a promise: «I give you my word». tree →

4) new sense tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Torah "words" can mean God's commands, as in the Ten "Words" at Sinai. Interpretation: The Ten Commandments are called "the ten words" in Hebrew (aseret hadibrot). In Sefer Yetzirah, God creates the world by speaking, using letters. In the primary lessons: the cue words that point to operations; a word problem is a maths problem told in sentences; phrases: «cue word», «word problem», «in other words», «keep your word», «word for word»

examples

• And God spoke all these words, saying: (Torah EXO.20.1, JPS 1917) tree →
• And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son. (Torah GEN.34.18, JPS 1917) tree →
• Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words. (Torah GEN.49.21, JPS 1917) tree →
• Was it not but a word?' (Prophets 1SA.17.29, JPS 1917) tree →
• How forcible are words of uprightness! (Writings JOB.6.25, JPS 1917) tree →
• Shall windy words have an end? (Writings JOB.16.3, JPS 1917) tree →
• Look at the word «lost»: it tells us to subtract. tree →
• The word «each» tells us the groups are equal. tree →
• Read every word of the problem. tree →
• «Cat» is a word with three letters. tree →
• Look up a new word in the dictionary. tree →
• She kept her word and came to my party. tree →
• In other words, we need to hurry. tree →
• Can I have a word with you after class? tree →

note

Countable: a word, words. Cue words help, but the whole sentence decides. Trap: «more» in «how many more … than» means subtract.

In the corpora

• And the damsel ran, and told her mother's house according to these words.
• And Laban said: 'Behold, would it might be according to thy word.'
• And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son.
• And he overtook them, and he spoke unto them these words.
• And they said unto him: 'Wherefore speaketh my lord such words as these?

Trees and pragmatics

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