behold

«behold» in Mova's school dictionary: to see or look at something, especially something wonderful — 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

verb (beholds, beheld, beholding); old use in tales

meaning for a pupil

1) To behold is to see or look at something, especially something wonderful. tree →

2) («Behold!») Look! Pay attention to what comes next. tree →

sense in the lessons

in fairy tales, a grand way of saying «look» or «see»; «it was a sight to behold» means it was worth looking at

examples

• Behold, the king is coming! tree →
• The children beheld a castle on the hill. tree →
• It was a sight to behold. tree →
• Behold, her mother's words were true! tree →

note

nothing for maths

In the corpora

• And God saw every thing that He had made, and, behold, it was very good.
• And God saw the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth.
• 'As for Me, behold, I establish My covenant with you, and with your seed after you;
• Wherefore the well was called 'Beer-lahai-roi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.
• 'As for Me, behold, My covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be the father of a multitude of nations.

Trees and pragmatics

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