sabbath

«sabbath» in Mova's school dictionary: a weekly day of rest and worship: for Jews it is from… — 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 (the sabbath, sabbaths; Sabbath)

meaning for a pupil

1) (religion) The Sabbath is a weekly day of rest and worship: for Jews it is from Friday evening to Saturday evening; for most Christians, Sunday is kept as the Lord's Day. tree →

2) A sabbatical (from the same word) is a long break from work to rest or study. tree →

3) A witches' sabbath is a secret night meeting of witches and sorcerers. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Bible, God rests on the seventh day of creation, and the fourth commandment says "Remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy". Jewish families light candles on Friday night and share a meal (Shabbat). Some Christians, like Seventh-day Adventists, keep Saturday. Bible stories show Jesus healing on the Sabbath and arguing about what rest means. Phrases: keep the Sabbath, on the Sabbath, Sabbath rest, break the Sabbath.

examples

• Rachel's family lights candles to welcome the Sabbath. tree →
• On the Sabbath, they don't do homework or go shopping. tree →
• Jesus healed a man on the Sabbath, and some leaders were angry. tree →
• Remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy. tree →
• Grandad says Sunday was a quiet Sabbath when he was small. tree →
• The Sabbath begins when the sun sets on Friday. tree →
• Others, That all the sorcerers and witches of the country kept there their sabbath or night’s meeting. tree →

note

Usually capital S; "the Sabbath" with "the". Hebrew form Shabbat. Not every faith uses the same day: Jews Saturday, most Christians Sunday, Muslims meet for prayer on Friday (but do not call it a sabbath).

In the corpora

• On the seventh day God rested and blessed the day; this is the root of the weekly day of rest, the Sabbath.
• Shabbat, the Jewish Sabbath, lasts from Friday sunset to Saturday sunset, with candles, a family meal and prayer.
• Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day is the sabbath, in it there shall be none.'
• Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
• Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.

Trees and pragmatics

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