--- title: I — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 26 description: The 831 words of the English dictionary under I, 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/I/page/26/) [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/) / I # I — The English dictionary · page 26 [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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*Everyday, meaning 1:* To put a piece of equipment in place and connect it so it is ready to use, like a smoke alarm or a new cooker.[↗](../../install/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To put a program or app onto a computer, tablet or phone so it works.[↗](../../install/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To install someone means to put them into an official job or position of power.[↗](../../install/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Dad installed a new smoke alarm in the hall.[↗](../../install/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Ask a grown-up before you install a new app.[↗](../../install/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The game takes ten minutes to install.[↗](../../install/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We installed solar panels on the roof.[↗](../../install/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The school installed new computers in the library.[↗](../../install/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Click «Install» to put the program on your tablet.[↗](../../install/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The plumber installed a new sink.[↗](../../install/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · She was not installed as a real court cook.[↗](../../install/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **installation** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Putting a machine, system or program in place so it is ready to use: the installation of a new boiler, software installation.[↗](../../installation/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (art) An installation is a large work of art built in a room or space that people walk around or into.[↗](../../installation/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A military or industrial base or building: a military installation.[↗](../../installation/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The installation of the new heating took two days.[↗](../../installation/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Wait for the installation to finish before you open the app.[↗](../../installation/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The museum has an art installation made of a thousand paper birds.[↗](../../installation/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The army has an installation near the coast.[↗](../../installation/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The installation of solar panels saves money.[↗](../../installation/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Follow the installation instructions carefully.[↗](../../installation/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **instalment** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An instalment is one of several parts of a payment, paid at different times.[↗](../../instalment/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* An instalment is one part of a story or series that comes out bit by bit.[↗](../../instalment/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* They paid for the sofa in ten instalments.[↗](../../instalment/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The next instalment of the comic comes out on Friday.[↗](../../instalment/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Each instalment is fifty dollars.[↗](../../instalment/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The book was first printed in weekly instalments.[↗](../../instalment/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We are watching the final instalment tonight.[↗](../../instalment/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandad paid off the loan in monthly instalments.[↗](../../instalment/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · With the present instalment the tale of English Fairy Stories that are likely to obtain currency among the young folk is complete.[↗](../../instalment/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **instance** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An instance is one example or one case of something happening.[↗](../../instance/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* «For instance» means «for example».[↗](../../instance/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (formal) «In the first instance» means at first, as the first step.[↗](../../instance/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (computing) An instance is one copy of a program or object that is running.[↗](../../instance/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* There are many animals that live in the desert, for instance camels.[↗](../../instance/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · This is one instance of kindness I will never forget.[↗](../../instance/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In this instance, the teacher let us off.[↗](../../instance/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Please contact the office in the first instance.[↗](../../instance/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Give an instance of a time when you were brave.[↗](../../instance/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Each instance of rudeness was written down.[↗](../../instance/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · For instance, look at my house\![↗](../../instance/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · 7:1 Thus for instance, they imagined that the name of Jehovah, יהוי, is by reversing the alphabet; מצפץ (mzpz); mem signifies the letter jod, zaddi, the letter he, and pe, the letter wav.[↗](../../instance/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../instance/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · 41) Our author means to say that the water has a great disposition to unite itself with the caloric, thus for instance is the fire latent in steam, but the air equipoises them.[↗](../../instance/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../instance/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **instant** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Happening at once, with no wait: «an instant reply».[↗](../../instant/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (of food or drink) Made very quickly, usually by adding hot water: «instant noodles».[↗](../../instant/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (noun) A very short moment: «For an instant, nobody moved».[↗](../../instant/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (the instant) As soon as: «Call me the instant you arrive».[↗](../../instant/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The magic potion had an instant effect.[↗](../../instant/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We had instant noodles for lunch.[↗](../../instant/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In an instant, the lights went out.[↗](../../instant/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Come here this instant\![↗](../../instant/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Call me the instant the cake is ready.[↗](../../instant/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The film was an instant success.[↗](../../instant/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · For an instant, I thought I saw a ghost.[↗](../../instant/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · In an instant he was there.[↗](../../instant/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And at one instant I may speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it; (Prophets JER.18.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../instant/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · At one instant I may speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy it; (Prophets JER.18.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../instant/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant.[↗](../../instant/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.30.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../instant/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **instantaneous** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Happening immediately, with no delay at all.[↗](../../instantaneous/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (science) At one exact instant of time: instantaneous speed.[↗](../../instantaneous/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The reaction was instantaneous: the mixture fizzed straight away.[↗](../../instantaneous/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Text messages arrive almost instantaneously.[↗](../../instantaneous/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The speedometer shows your instantaneous speed.[↗](../../instantaneous/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · When you flick the switch, the light seems instantaneous.[↗](../../instantaneous/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Her answer was instantaneous; she didn't need to think.[↗](../../instantaneous/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Death of the cells was instantaneous in the boiling water.[↗](../../instantaneous/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · It was impossible to tell, the shock was so instantaneous.[↗](../../instantaneous/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **instantaneously** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Immediately, with no time at all passing in between.[↗](../../instantaneously/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (science) At one exact instant of time, rather than over a period.[↗](../../instantaneously/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* When I pressed the switch, the light came on instantaneously.[↗](../../instantaneously/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The message reached my friend in Australia almost instantaneously.[↗](../../instantaneously/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The lizard's tongue shot out and caught the fly instantaneously.[↗](../../instantaneously/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Ice cream melts quickly in the sun, but not instantaneously.[↗](../../instantaneously/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The crowd reacted instantaneously when the goal went in.[↗](../../instantaneously/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We see lightning almost instantaneously, but the thunder takes longer to reach us.[↗](../../instantaneously/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Nothing travels truly instantaneously; even light takes time.[↗](../../instantaneously/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The grain of sand is found and brought, and the result is that the whole of the monstrous brood of Trolls or Haugebasser is instantaneously destroyed.[↗](../../instantaneously/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **instantly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Instantly means at once, in an instant, with no time at all in between.[↗](../../instantly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The light came on instantly.[↗](../../instantly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The ice cream melted almost instantly in the sun.[↗](../../instantly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · I recognised her instantly.[↗](../../instantly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Light travels so fast it seems to arrive instantly.[↗](../../instantly/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The sugar dissolved instantly in the hot tea.[↗](../../instantly/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He instantly felt better after the drink.[↗](../../instantly/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Instantly the truth flashed upon him.[↗](../../instantly/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **instead** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Instead means in place of something else.[↗](../../instead/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* We had no milk, so we drank water instead.[↗](../../instead/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* «Instead of» comes before the thing that is replaced: tea instead of coffee.[↗](../../instead/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* What if at the start I had put two pears instead of what I put?[↗](../../instead/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Ali bought 5 pens instead of 3.[↗](../../instead/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Instead of 4 boxes, there are 6.[↗](../../instead/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · It was raining, so we played inside instead.[↗](../../instead/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Can I have juice instead of milk?[↗](../../instead/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Walk instead of running in the corridor.[↗](../../instead/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Instead of crying, she laughed.[↗](../../instead/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Use a pencil instead of a pen.[↗](../../instead/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · It made Peter kick instead of stab.[↗](../../instead/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And I have taken the Levites instead of all the first-born among the children of Israel.[↗](../../instead/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.8.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../instead/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Now therefore, let thy servant, I pray thee, abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren.[↗](../../instead/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.44.33, JPS 1917)[↗](../../instead/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And Adam knew his wife again; and she bore a son, and called his name Seth: 'for God hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel; for Cain slew him.'[↗](../../instead/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.4.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../instead/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Instead of restoring our fields, he divideth them.'[↗](../../instead/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets MIC.2.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../instead/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And Absalom had set Amasa over the host instead of Joab.[↗](../../instead/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2SA.17.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../instead/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and noisome weeds instead of barley.[↗](../../instead/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.31.40, JPS 1917)[↗](../../instead/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **instigate** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) To start something or make it happen, such as an inquiry, a plan or changes.[↗](../../instigate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To stir up or encourage trouble, a fight or bad behaviour, often while staying in the background.[↗](../../instigate/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The council instigated a plan to make the park safer.[↗](../../instigate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher wanted to know who had instigated the food fight.[↗](../../instigate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Jake didn't throw anything, but he instigated the whole argument.[↗](../../instigate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The school instigated a new reading programme for every class.[↗](../../instigate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Police instigated an investigation after the window was smashed.[↗](../../instigate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She was accused of instigating the trouble on the bus.[↗](../../instigate/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The changes were made at the instigation of the parents' group.[↗](../../instigate/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **instigator** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A person who starts something, especially trouble such as a fight, argument or protest.[↗](../../instigator/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A person who causes an action or plan to begin: the instigator of the idea.[↗](../../instigator/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The teacher wanted to know who was the instigator of the snowball fight.[↗](../../instigator/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He was the instigator of the plan to build a treehouse.[↗](../../instigator/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The instigators of the riot were arrested.[↗](../../instigator/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She was the instigator of our class charity sale.[↗](../../instigator/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't be the instigator of unkind games.[↗](../../instigator/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In the story, the fox was the instigator of every trick in the farmyard.[↗](../../instigator/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Unprepared for this sudden attack he admitted his guilt, but pointed to the wife of Xuthus as the instigator of the crime.[↗](../../instigator/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **instill** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To slowly put an idea, feeling or habit into someone's mind so it stays: instil good manners.[↗](../../instill/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (medicine, rare) To put liquid in drop by drop, like eye drops.[↗](../../instill/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Our coach instilled confidence in the whole team.[↗](../../instill/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandad instilled a love of fishing in me.[↗](../../instill/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Good teachers instill curiosity.[↗](../../instill/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The scary film instilled fear in my little brother.[↗](../../instill/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Parents try to instill good manners in their children.[↗](../../instill/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Practice instils good habits.[↗](../../instill/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **instinct** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A natural way of behaving that an animal or person is born with and does not need to learn (Birds build nests by instinct).[↗](../../instinct/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A strong feeling or sense about what is true or what to do, without thinking it through (trust your instinct).[↗](../../instinct/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A natural ability or talent (an instinct for music).[↗](../../instinct/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Spiders spin webs by instinct.[↗](../../instinct/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Baby turtles go towards the sea by instinct.[↗](../../instinct/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My instinct told me something was wrong, so I left.[↗](../../instinct/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Trust your instincts if a stranger makes you feel uncomfortable.[↗](../../instinct/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A cat's instinct is to chase things that move.[↗](../../instinct/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She has a good instinct for which questions to ask.[↗](../../instinct/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Survival instinct made the deer run.[↗](../../instinct/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · In his excitement he had forgotten the river, and it was not till the cold water touched his feet that he stood still by instinct.[↗](../../instinct/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **instinctive** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Done naturally, without learning or thinking about it.[↗](../../instinctive/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (science) Coming from instinct: behaviour an animal is born knowing, like a spider spinning a web.[↗](../../instinctive/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Pulling your hand from a hot pan is instinctive.[↗](../../instinctive/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Baby turtles have an instinctive urge to crawl to the sea.[↗](../../instinctive/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Spinning webs is instinctive for spiders; nobody teaches them.[↗](../../instinctive/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She had an instinctive feeling that something was wrong.[↗](../../instinctive/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Ducklings instinctively follow their mother.[↗](../../instinctive/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He's an instinctive footballer who always knows where to run.[↗](../../instinctive/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Folklore, legends, myths and fairy tales have followed childhood through the ages, for every healthy youngster has a wholesome and instinctive love for stories fantastic, marvelous and manifestly unreal.[↗](../../instinctive/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **instinctively** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Instinctively means doing something naturally, without thinking about it or being taught, because you feel it is right or your body does it automatically.[↗](../../instinctively/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She instinctively put her hands out when she fell.[↗](../../instinctively/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Baby turtles instinctively crawl towards the sea.[↗](../../instinctively/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · I instinctively pulled my hand away from the hot pan.[↗](../../instinctively/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He instinctively knew something was wrong.[↗](../../instinctively/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat instinctively crouched when it saw the bird.[↗](../../instinctively/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Birds instinctively know how to build nests.[↗](../../instinctively/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **institute** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An institute is an organisation set up for a special purpose, such as research, teaching or science, and also the building it uses.[↗](../../institute/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) To institute something is to start or set it up, like a rule or system.[↗](../../institute/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She works at a science institute that studies the ocean.[↗](../../institute/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a famous university.[↗](../../institute/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Gran goes to the Women's Institute every Thursday.[↗](../../institute/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The school instituted a new rule about phones.[↗](../../institute/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The king instituted a tax on salt.[↗](../../institute/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The institute opened a new museum for children.[↗](../../institute/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Games, called Delia, instituted by Theseus, were celebrated at Delos every four years.[↗](../../institute/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **institution** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An institution is a large organisation such as a university, bank, hospital, museum or school.[↗](../../institution/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* An institution is a custom or tradition that has existed for a long time, such as marriage or Sunday lunch.[↗](../../institution/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (old, sometimes negative) An institution can mean a big building where people were kept and cared for, like an old hospital or children's home.[↗](../../institution/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (informal, joking) A person or place that has been around a long time and everyone knows is «an institution».[↗](../../institution/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The university is an old institution.[↗](../../institution/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Banks are financial institutions.[↗](../../institution/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The museum is a national institution.[↗](../../institution/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Fish and chips on Friday is a family institution.[↗](../../institution/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The corner shop has become a local institution.[↗](../../institution/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The government is the most important public institution.[↗](../../institution/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Long ago, some children were sent to live in institutions.[↗](../../institution/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The most famous of these institutions was the oracle of Apollo at Delphi, which was held in general repute all over the world.[↗](../../institution/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **instruct** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To instruct someone is to tell them what they must do, especially officially or with authority.[↗](../../instruct/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To instruct someone is to teach them a skill.[↗](../../instruct/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (law, UK) To instruct a lawyer is to hire them to work for you.[↗](../../instruct/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The teacher instructed us to line up quietly.[↗](../../instruct/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The coach instructed the team in how to pass the ball.[↗](../../instruct/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Follow the steps as instructed.[↗](../../instruct/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The pilot instructed passengers to fasten their seat belts.[↗](../../instruct/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Firefighters instructed everyone to leave the building.[↗](../../instruct/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She instructs children in swimming at the local pool.[↗](../../instruct/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The recipe instructs you to bake the cake for 30 minutes.[↗](../../instruct/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Then her aunt instructed her what to do.[↗](../../instruct/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Out of heaven He made thee to hear His voice, that He might instruct thee; and upon earth He made thee to see His great fire; and thou didst hear His words out of the midst of the fire.[↗](../../instruct/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.4.36, JPS 1917)[↗](../../instruct/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Or who was His counsellor that he might instruct Him?[↗](../../instruct/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.40.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../instruct/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · For He doth instruct him aright; his God doth teach him.[↗](../../instruct/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.28.26, JPS 1917)[↗](../../instruct/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.[↗](../../instruct/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.4.3, JPS 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