jewish
part of speech
adjective (Jewish)
meaning for a pupil
1) Jewish describes people who belong to the Jewish people or follow Judaism, the religion of the Jews. tree →
2) Jewish describes things connected with Jews or Judaism, like Jewish festivals or food. tree →
sense in the lessons
In religious education lessons pupils learn about Judaism: the synagogue (place of worship), the Torah (holy book), Shabbat (the day of rest), and festivals like Hanukkah, Passover and Rosh Hashanah. In history lessons pupils learn about the Holocaust, when millions of Jewish people were murdered.
examples
- Our Jewish friends celebrate Hanukkah with candles. tree →
- A Jewish place of worship is called a synagogue. tree →
- Passover is an important Jewish festival. tree →
- She told the class about Jewish food like challah bread. tree →
- Many Jewish families keep Shabbat from Friday evening to Saturday evening. tree →
- The rabbi is a Jewish teacher and leader. tree →
- In a charity school, among the children, sat a little Jewish girl. tree →
note
Always written with a capital J: Jewish. The noun is «a Jewish person» or «Jew»; «the Jews» or «Jewish people». The religion is Judaism. Treat it with respect: using it as an insult is hate speech.
In the corpora
- Hanukkah is a Jewish festival of lights that lasts eight nights, with a candle lit on the menorah each night.
- Chinese, Islamic and Jewish calendars count years differently, and they are just as real.
- News reports said hate against Jewish people and hate against Muslims both rose sharply in many countries after 7 October.
- Genesis, with Joseph's story, is part of the Jewish Torah as well as the Christian Bible.
- The first Pentecost happened during a Jewish harvest feast, Shavuot, held fifty days after Passover.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «jewish» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.