--- title: F — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 38 description: The 906 words of the English dictionary under F, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/page/38/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / F # F — The English dictionary · page 38 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* Something disgusting or rotten, such as the stench or filth of rotting bodies.[↗](../../foulness/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* And I will lay thy flesh upon the mountains, and fill the valleys with thy foulness.[↗](../../foulness/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.32.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../foulness/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **found** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Found is the past of "find".[↗](../../found/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "I found my keys."[↗](../../found/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To found something is to start or set up an organisation, school, city or company.[↗](../../found/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "She founded a charity."[↗](../../found/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* "Found" as an adjective means something that was lost and is found.[↗](../../found/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "Lost and found".[↗](../../found/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* "Be found to be" (formal) means turned out to be after checking.[↗](../../found/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I found a pound coin under the sofa\![↗](../../found/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We found out who ate the cake.[↗](../../found/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Saint Columba founded a monastery on Iona.[↗](../../found/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The school was founded by a group of nuns.[↗](../../found/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Check the lost and found box for your jumper.[↗](../../found/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The answer was found to be correct.[↗](../../found/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Holberg, Denmark's Moliere, founded here an academy for the sons of the nobles.[↗](../../found/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Behold, tomorrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since the day it was founded even until now.[↗](../../found/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.9.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../found/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · See also SY 5:4, where God simply יָסַד yasad 'founded', with no overt object.\] in Thirty-Two \[note 4: The number 32 represents the sum of the 10 Sefirot Belimah and 22 Letters of Foundation.[↗](../../found/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../found/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · The LORD by wisdom founded the earth; by understanding He established the heavens.[↗](../../found/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.3.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../found/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · For He hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.[↗](../../found/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.24.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../found/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Of old have I known from Thy testimonies that Thou hast founded them for ever.[↗](../../found/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.119.152, JPS 1917)[↗](../../found/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **foundation** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The strong base under a building, usually under the ground, that holds it up.[↗](../../foundation/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The basic idea or part on which something else is built.[↗](../../foundation/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* Reading is the foundation of learning.[↗](../../foundation/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* An organisation that gives money for good causes: a charity foundation.[↗](../../foundation/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* The starting or setting up of something: the foundation of the school.[↗](../../foundation/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* A skin-coloured make-up cream.[↗](../../foundation/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The builders dug deep foundations for the house.[↗](../../foundation/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Counting is the foundation of maths.[↗](../../foundation/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The foundation gave money to the hospital.[↗](../../foundation/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The rumour is without foundation.[↗](../../foundation/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My little sister is in Foundation this year.[↗](../../foundation/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The mayor laid the foundation stone.[↗](../../foundation/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · "I confess, Prince," said the vizir, "that there is some foundation for what you say.[↗](../../foundation/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · For a fire is kindled in My nostril, and burneth unto the depths of the nether-world, and devoureth the earth with her produce, and setteth ablaze the foundations of the mountains.[↗](../../foundation/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.32.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../foundation/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The twenty-two sounds and letters are the Foundation of all things.[↗](../../foundation/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../foundation/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Together these represent the mathematical-linguistic foundations of Creation; see notes on 1:2 below.[↗](../../foundation/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../foundation/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Whereupon were the foundations thereof fastened?[↗](../../foundation/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.38.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../foundation/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · His foundation is in the holy mountains.[↗](../../foundation/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.87.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../foundation/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Have ye not understood the foundations of the earth?[↗](../../foundation/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.40.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../foundation/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **founder** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A person who starts a school, company, club, charity or city.[↗](../../founder/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (verb) Of a ship: to fill with water and sink.[↗](../../founder/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (verb) Of a plan: to fail or come to nothing.[↗](../../founder/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (verb) Of a horse: to go lame, or to stumble.[↗](../../founder/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The founder of our school was a kind teacher.[↗](../../founder/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Every year we celebrate Founder's Day.[↗](../../founder/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She is the co-founder of a children's charity.[↗](../../founder/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The little boat foundered in the storm.[↗](../../founder/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Their plan foundered because nobody had enough money.[↗](../../founder/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The founder of the club still comes to every meeting.[↗](../../founder/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The Romans looked upon him as their special protector, and declared him to have been the father of Romulus and Remus, the founders of their city.[↗](../../founder/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · the founder of the concealed and fundamental ideas of holiness and of their stages of preparation.[↗](../../founder/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../founder/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The Fourteenth Path is the Illuminating Intelligence, and is so called because it is itself that CHASHMAL which is the founder of the concealed and fundamental ideas of holiness and of their stages of preparation.[↗](../../founder/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../founder/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · The bellows blow fiercely, the lead is consumed of the fire; in vain doth the founder refine, for the wicked are not separated.[↗](../../founder/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.6.29, JPS 1917)[↗](../../founder/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **founding** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Starting or creating a city, school, company or group.[↗](../../founding/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (adjective) Being one of the first members or starters: «a founding member».[↗](../../founding/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We learned about the founding of the city.[↗](../../founding/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She was a founding member of the book club.[↗](../../founding/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The school celebrated its founding.[↗](../../founding/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The Founding Fathers wrote the US Constitution.[↗](../../founding/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The founding of the hospital helped many people.[↗](../../founding/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He is founding a new football team.[↗](../../founding/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The following is the legendary account of the founding of Thebes:--[↗](../../founding/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **foundling** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A foundling is a baby or young child who has been left alone and then found by someone who takes care of it.[↗](../../foundling/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The villagers took care of the foundling.[↗](../../foundling/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Athene carried the poor little foundling to Alcmene.[↗](../../foundling/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Nobody knew who the foundling's parents were.[↗](../../foundling/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **foundry** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A foundry is a factory where metal is melted and poured into moulds to make things.[↗](../../foundry/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The workers melted the old pipes at the foundry.[↗](../../foundry/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The overseer walked through the hot foundry.[↗](../../foundry/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The old iron went into the furnace at the foundry.[↗](../../foundry/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **fount** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (old use) A fount is a spring of water, or a fountain.[↗](../../fount/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The children drank from the fount in the wood.[↗](../../fount/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The witch was thrown into the fiery fount.[↗](../../fount/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The fount bubbled up beside the old well.[↗](../../fount/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **fountain** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A fountain is a stream of water pushed up into the air, often as a decoration in a park or square.[↗](../../fountain/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A drinking fountain is a device that gives a small stream of water to drink from.[↗](../../fountain/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A fountain can mean a flow or rich source of something («a fountain of ideas»).[↗](../../fountain/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We threw coins into the fountain and made a wish.[↗](../../fountain/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · There's a drinking fountain by the playground.[↗](../../fountain/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The fountain shot water high into the air.[↗](../../fountain/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Pigeons washed in the fountain.[↗](../../fountain/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad writes with an old fountain pen.[↗](../../fountain/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The party had a chocolate fountain.[↗](../../fountain/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't climb in the fountain; the stones are slippery.[↗](../../fountain/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Not far from the fountain there lived a family of bricklayers.[↗](../../fountain/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Joseph is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine by a fountain; its branches run over the wall.[↗](../../fountain/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.49.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fountain/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · the fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained.[↗](../../fountain/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.8.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fountain/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban; and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the fountain.[↗](../../fountain/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.24.29, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fountain/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou didst cleave fountain and brook; Thou driedst up ever-flowing rivers.[↗](../../fountain/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.74.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fountain/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Let thy fountain be blessed; and have joy of the wife of thy youth.[↗](../../fountain/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.5.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fountain/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · For with Thee is the fountain of life; in Thy light do we see light.[↗](../../fountain/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.36.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fountain/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **four** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Four is the number 4, one more than three.[↗](../../four/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A four is the digit 4.[↗](../../four/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* «On all fours» means on hands and knees.[↗](../../four/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Student: four pencils[↗](../../four/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Today we practise all four operations together.[↗](../../four/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · There are four bags with 6 apples in each.[↗](../../four/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A square has 4 equal sides.[↗](../../four/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A year has 4 seasons.[↗](../../four/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The baby crawled on all fours.[↗](../../four/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Our team has four players.[↗](../../four/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Two plus two is four.[↗](../../four/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · He caught four, one of each colour.[↗](../../four/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begot Peleg.[↗](../../four/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.11.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../four/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And those that died by the plague were twenty and four thousand.[↗](../../four/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.25.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../four/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · All winged swarming things that go upon all fours are a detestable thing unto you.[↗](../../four/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.11.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../four/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · These four were the sons of Shimei.[↗](../../four/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 1CH.23.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../four/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And the LORD showed me four craftsmen.[↗](../../four/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ZEC.2.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../four/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · The children of Adin, four hundred fifty and four.[↗](../../four/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings EZR.2.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../four/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **fourfold** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Four times as much or as many.[↗](../../fourfold/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Having four parts or four kinds.[↗](../../fourfold/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The number of birds in the park has risen fourfold.[↗](../../fourfold/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A fourfold increase from 5 is 20.[↗](../../fourfold/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The price of tickets went up fourfold.[↗](../../fourfold/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The plan had a fourfold aim: learn, play, share and grow.[↗](../../fourfold/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A square has fourfold symmetry; it looks the same after each quarter turn.[↗](../../fourfold/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Sales of ice cream grew fourfold on the hot day.[↗](../../fourfold/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · and he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.'[↗](../../fourfold/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2SA.12.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fourfold/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **fourpence** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Fourpence is four pence, an old British sum of money (a small amount, worth about 4p now).[↗](../../fourpence/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He had one pound thirteen shillings and fourpence in his purse.[↗](../../fourpence/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Please hand me out one pound thirteen and fourpence.[↗](../../fourpence/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A loaf once cost fourpence.[↗](../../fourpence/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **fourscore** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* Eighty years, an old way of saying four times twenty.[↗](../../fourscore/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* four times twenty; eighty.[↗](../../fourscore/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* And the days of Isaac were a hundred and fourscore years.[↗](../../fourscore/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.35.28, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fourscore/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram.[↗](../../fourscore/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.16.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fourscore/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · even those that were numbered of them, were eight thousand and five hundred and fourscore.[↗](../../fourscore/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.4.48, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fourscore/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · And the land had rest fourscore years.[↗](../../fourscore/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JDG.3.30, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fourscore/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The men of Beth-lehem and Netophah, a hundred fourscore and eight.[↗](../../fourscore/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings NEH.7.26, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fourscore/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and maidens without number.[↗](../../fourscore/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings SNG.6.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fourscore/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · And the days of Isaac were a hundred and fourscore years.[↗](../../fourscore/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.35.28, JPS 1917) · And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram.[↗](../../fourscore/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.16.16, JPS 1917) · even those that were numbered of them, were eight thousand and five hundred and fourscore.[↗](../../fourscore/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.4.48, JPS 1917) **foursquare** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* having four equal sides and four right angles, like a square.[↗](../../foursquare/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A cubit shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof; foursquare shall it be; and two cubits shall be the height thereof; the horns thereof shall be of one piece with it.[↗](../../foursquare/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.30.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../foursquare/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · And he measured the court, a hundred cubits long, and a hundred cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar was before the house.[↗](../../foursquare/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.40.47, JPS 1917)[↗](../../foursquare/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · All the offering shall be five and twenty thousand by five and twenty thousand; ye shall set apart the holy offering foursquare, with the possession of the city.[↗](../../foursquare/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.48.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../foursquare/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **fourteen** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The number 14: ten plus four, one more than thirteen.[↗](../../fourteen/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* There are fourteen children in my group.[↗](../../fourteen/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Seven times two is fourteen.[↗](../../fourteen/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My big sister is fourteen years old.[↗](../../fourteen/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A fortnight is fourteen days.[↗](../../fourteen/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The bus number fourteen goes to the library.[↗](../../fourteen/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Fourteen minus five equals nine.[↗](../../fourteen/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We need fourteen chairs for the party.[↗](../../fourteen/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Thus time went on, till Balna's son was fourteen years old.[↗](../../fourteen/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · and a several tenth part for every lamb of the fourteen lambs; (Torah NUM.29.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fourteen/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · These are the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob; all the souls were fourteen.[↗](../../fourteen/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.46.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fourteen/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · and his host, and those that were numbered of them, threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred; (Torah NUM.2.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fourteen/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.[↗](../../fourteen/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 1CH.25.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fourteen/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · and Shaaraim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, with Gederothaim; fourteen cities with their villages.[↗](../../fourteen/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JOS.15.36, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fourteen/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · and Zela, Eleph, and the Jebusite — the same is Jerusalem, Gibeath, and Kiriath; fourteen cities with their villages.[↗](../../fourteen/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JOS.18.28, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fourteen/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **fourteenth** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Fourteenth is number 14 in order.[↗](../../fourteenth/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A fourteenth is one of 14 equal parts of something, written 1/14.[↗](../../fourteenth/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Tom is fourteenth in the line.[↗](../../fourteenth/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The fourteenth page has a picture.[↗](../../fourteenth/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · One fourteenth of the cake is left.[↗](../../fourteenth/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Who is fourteenth in the race?[↗](../../fourteenth/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Her fourteenth birthday is in spring.[↗](../../fourteenth/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · One fourteenth of 28 is 2.[↗](../../fourteenth/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The fourteenth night had come, and in despair the prisoner went out to take his last walk through the city.[↗](../../fourteenth/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, is the LORD'S passover.[↗](../../fourteenth/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.28.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fourteenth/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at dusk, is the LORD'S passover.[↗](../../fourteenth/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.23.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fourteenth/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · in the second month on the fourteenth day at dusk they shall keep it; they shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs; (Torah NUM.9.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fourteenth/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · the thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab; (Writings 1CH.24.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fourteenth/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · For the fourteenth, Mattithiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve; (Writings 1CH.25.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fourteenth/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And the children of the captivity kept the passover upon the fourteenth day of the first month.[↗](../../fourteenth/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings EZR.6.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fourteenth/#x13 "tree and 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