passover
part of speech
noun (Passover — proper noun)
meaning for a pupil
1) (Judaism) Passover is a Jewish spring festival that remembers how God freed the Israelites from slavery in Egypt; families share a special meal called the Seder. tree →
2) (Bible) The Passover was the night in Exodus when the angel of death "passed over" the Israelites' houses marked with lamb's blood. tree →
sense in the lessons
At the Seder, families eat matzah (flat bread with no yeast), bitter herbs for the bitterness of slavery, and the youngest child asks four questions. Christians link Passover to Easter, because the Last Supper happened at Passover time. Phrases: at Passover, the Passover meal, celebrate Passover, the Passover lamb.
examples
- Rachel's family eats matzah all through Passover. tree →
- The youngest child asks, "Why is this night different?" at Passover. tree →
- The Israelites marked their doors before the Passover. tree →
- Jesus went to Jerusalem for the Passover. tree →
- We tasted bitter herbs when we learned about Passover. tree →
- Passover lasts seven or eight days. tree →
note
Capital P. Hebrew name Pesach. One word (Passover), though it comes from "pass over". Usually no "a": "at Passover".
In the corpora
- The first Pentecost happened during a Jewish harvest feast, Shavuot, held fifty days after Passover.
- And the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron: 'This is the ordinance of the passover: there shall no alien eat thereof;
- In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at dusk, is the LORD'S passover.
- 'Let the children of Israel keep the passover in its appointed season.
- And Moses spoke unto the children of Israel, that they should keep the passover.
Trees and pragmatics
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