--- title: K — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 4 description: The 166 words of the English dictionary under K, 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/K/page/4/) [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/) / K # K — The English dictionary · page 4 [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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[6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/page/6/) [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/page/7/) [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/page/8/) [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/page/9/) **kief** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A powder made from the tiny hairs on the flowers of the cannabis plant, which is a drug and is illegal in many countries.[↗](../../kief/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (old, North Africa and Middle East) A dreamy, lazy, peaceful feeling, as if half asleep.[↗](../../kief/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Kief is made from the cannabis plant.[↗](../../kief/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The police found kief and other drugs in the car.[↗](../../kief/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Cannabis and kief can harm young people's brains.[↗](../../kief/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In an old travel book, the writer lay in the sun in a state of kef.[↗](../../kief/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Our drug-safety lesson explained why cannabis products are illegal for children.[↗](../../kief/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Kief is not something to try or touch.[↗](../../kief/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **kill** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To make a person, animal or plant die.[↗](../../kill/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Informal: to cause great pain: «My feet are killing me».[↗](../../kill/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Informal: to stop something: kill the engine, kill time (do something while you wait).[↗](../../kill/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A noun: an animal killed by a hunter, such as a lion's kill.[↗](../../kill/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Lions kill zebras for food.[↗](../../kill/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Soap kills germs on your hands.[↗](../../kill/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The frost killed the tomato plants.[↗](../../kill/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Electricity can kill — never touch wires.[↗](../../kill/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We played cards to kill time at the airport.[↗](../../kill/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · My new shoes are killing me\![↗](../../kill/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Killer whales are actually large dolphins.[↗](../../kill/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Weed killer is poison, so keep away from it.[↗](../../kill/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And when it was killed, Moses dashed the blood against the altar round about.[↗](../../kill/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.8.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../kill/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And he shall kill one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water.[↗](../../kill/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.14.50, JPS 1917)[↗](../../kill/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a he-goat, and dipped the coat in the blood; (Torah GEN.37.31, JPS 1917)[↗](../../kill/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him.[↗](../../kill/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2SA.21.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../kill/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Evil shall kill the wicked; and they that hate the righteous shall be held guilty.[↗](../../kill/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.34.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../kill/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · A Psalm of David; Michtam; when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him.[↗](../../kill/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.59.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../kill/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **killer** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A person, animal or thing that kills.[↗](../../killer/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Something that is the cause of many deaths, as in «Heart disease is a big killer».[↗](../../killer/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (slang) Something very good, impressive or very hard, as in «a killer goal» or «That test was a killer».[↗](../../killer/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Killer whales hunt seals.[↗](../../killer/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Smoking is a killer.[↗](../../killer/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The police arrested the killer.[↗](../../killer/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · That was a killer goal\![↗](../../killer/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (slang)[↗](../../killer/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Take a painkiller for your headache.[↗](../../killer/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The last hill was a killer.[↗](../../killer/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Weedkiller kills unwanted plants.[↗](../../killer/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · “Do you think a snake-killer kills muskrats?” said Rikki-tikki scornfully.[↗](../../killer/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **killeth** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* «killeth» means «kills», a form of «kill».[↗](../../killeth/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* To make a person, animal or plant die.[↗](../../killeth/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* And he that killeth a beast shall make it good; and he that killeth a man shall be put to death.[↗](../../killeth/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.24.21, JPS 1917) · then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the manslayer that killeth any person through error may flee thither.[↗](../../killeth/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.35.11, JPS 1917) · Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be slain at the mouth of witnesses; but one witness shall not testify against any person that he die.[↗](../../killeth/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.35.30, JPS 1917) **killing** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Killing is causing someone or something to die.[↗](../../killing/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A killing is a murder or a death caused on purpose, as reported in the news.[↗](../../killing/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal) To make a killing means to make a lot of money quickly.[↗](../../killing/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (slang) «You're killing me!» means «You're so funny» or «You're annoying me»; «My feet are killing me» means they hurt a lot.[↗](../../killing/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The lion is killing a zebra for food.[↗](../../killing/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Soap helps by killing germs.[↗](../../killing/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The police are investigating a killing.[↗](../../killing/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Killing animals for fun is cruel.[↗](../../killing/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · They made a killing selling ice creams on the hot day.[↗](../../killing/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We were killing time before the film started.[↗](../../killing/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · (slang) Stop, you're killing me\![↗](../../killing/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") That joke is so funny.[↗](../../killing/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · (informal) These new shoes are killing my feet.[↗](../../killing/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · When you have succeeded in killing one come and tell me."[↗](../../killing/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Swearing and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery! they break all bounds, and blood toucheth blood.[↗](../../killing/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets HOS.4.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../killing/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen and killing sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine — 'Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we shall die!'[↗](../../killing/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.22.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../killing/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · For there were many in the congregation that had not sanctified themselves; therefore the Levites had the charge of killing the passover lambs for every one that was not clean, to sanctify them unto the LORD.[↗](../../killing/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 2CH.30.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../killing/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **killjoy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (informal) A killjoy is a person who spoils other people's fun, often by being grumpy or too strict.[↗](../../killjoy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Don't be a killjoy, come and play\![↗](../../killjoy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My brother called me a killjoy when I said it was bedtime.[↗](../../killjoy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The killjoy turned the music off.[↗](../../killjoy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He's not a killjoy, he's just worried about safety.[↗](../../killjoy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The old caretaker was a killjoy about ball games.[↗](../../killjoy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Nobody likes to be called a killjoy.[↗](../../killjoy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **kiln** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A very hot oven used for baking (firing) clay pots, bricks or tiles to make them hard, or for drying things like wood or hops.[↗](../../kiln/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Our clay pots went into the kiln to be fired.[↗](../../kiln/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The kiln gets much hotter than a kitchen oven.[↗](../../kiln/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · After the kiln, the clay was hard and shiny.[↗](../../kiln/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Only the art teacher can open the kiln.[↗](../../kiln/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The old brick kiln is now a museum.[↗](../../kiln/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Bricks are baked in a kiln.[↗](../../kiln/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · And toward evening he came to another brick-kiln.[↗](../../kiln/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **kilo** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A kilo is short for a kilogram, a unit of mass equal to a thousand grams.[↗](../../kilo/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The prefix kilo- means a thousand, as in kilometre and kilowatt.[↗](../../kilo/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal) Sometimes short for kilometre.[↗](../../kilo/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Mum bought a kilo of potatoes.[↗](../../kilo/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Apples cost two pounds a kilo.[↗](../../kilo/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A kilo is a thousand grams.[↗](../../kilo/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The baby weighs four kilos.[↗](../../kilo/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I ran five kilos — I mean kilometres\![↗](../../kilo/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Bananas are sold by the kilo.[↗](../../kilo/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **kilogram** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A kilogram is a unit for measuring how heavy something is (its mass).[↗](../../kilogram/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") A bag of sugar often weighs one kilogram.[↗](../../kilogram/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A kilogram is 1000 grams.[↗](../../kilogram/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Apples cost 3 dollars a kilogram.[↗](../../kilogram/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The dog weighs 12 kilograms.[↗](../../kilogram/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She buys 2 kilograms of rice.[↗](../../kilogram/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many grams are in 4 kilograms?[↗](../../kilogram/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A litre of water weighs about one kilogram.[↗](../../kilogram/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The baby weighed 3 kilograms when she was born.[↗](../../kilogram/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Put the potatoes on the scales: 2.5 kg.[↗](../../kilogram/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Which is heavier, a kilogram of feathers or a kilogram of stones?[↗](../../kilogram/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **kilometre** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A kilometre is a unit for long distances.[↗](../../kilometre/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") A kilometre is 1000 metres.[↗](../../kilometre/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") It is written km.[↗](../../kilometre/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A kilometre takes about 12 to 15 minutes to walk.[↗](../../kilometre/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The school is 2 kilometres away.[↗](../../kilometre/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A car goes 60 kilometres an hour.[↗](../../kilometre/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She walks 3 kilometres every day.[↗](../../kilometre/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · 1 kilometre = 1000 metres.[↗](../../kilometre/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The speed limit near the school is 40 kilometres an hour.[↗](../../kilometre/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We ran a 5-kilometre fun run for charity.[↗](../../kilometre/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Half a kilometre is 500 metres.[↗](../../kilometre/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The next town is 30 kilometres down the road.[↗](../../kilometre/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **kilowatt** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (science) A unit of power equal to 1,000 watts, written kW.[↗](../../kilowatt/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* It measures how fast an electrical machine uses or makes energy.[↗](../../kilowatt/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A kilowatt is 1,000 watts.[↗](../../kilowatt/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our kettle uses 3 kilowatts of power.[↗](../../kilowatt/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Electricity is sold in kilowatt-hours.[↗](../../kilowatt/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The solar panels on our roof make about 4 kilowatts on a sunny day.[↗](../../kilowatt/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · 2.5 kilowatts is the same as 2,500 watts.[↗](../../kilowatt/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The electric car's motor is rated at 150 kilowatts.[↗](../../kilowatt/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A 1-kilowatt heater on for 3 hours uses 3 kilowatt-hours.[↗](../../kilowatt/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **kilt** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A kilt is a knee-length pleated skirt, usually of tartan cloth, worn traditionally by men and boys in Scotland, and also in Ireland, as part of Highland dress.[↗](../../kilt/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A kilt is a similar pleated skirt worn by girls or women.[↗](../../kilt/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He wore a kilt to his cousin's wedding.[↗](../../kilt/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The piper wore a kilt and played the bagpipes.[↗](../../kilt/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Each clan has its own tartan for its kilt.[↗](../../kilt/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · At the Highland Games, the strongmen wore kilts.[↗](../../kilt/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Her school uniform has a tartan kilt.[↗](../../kilt/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A kilt has deep pleats at the back.[↗](../../kilt/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **kimono** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A kimono is a long, loose robe with wide sleeves, worn in Japan and tied with a sash.[↗](../../kimono/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The old man tucked up his kimono.[↗](../../kimono/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She wore a blue silk kimono.[↗](../../kimono/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The dog seized the end of his master's kimono.[↗](../../kimono/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **kin** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Kin means your family and relatives.[↗](../../kin/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Next of kin is your closest relative, often named on forms for emergencies.[↗](../../kin/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (old-fashioned) Kin can mean people or animals of the same kind.[↗](../../kin/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The hospital called his next of kin.[↗](../../kin/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · They gathered all their kin for the wedding.[↗](../../kin/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Kith and kin means friends and relatives.[↗](../../kin/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Wolves protect their kin.[↗](../../kin/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She is my kin; we share a great-grandmother.[↗](../../kin/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness.[↗](../../kin/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.18.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../kin/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · except for his kin, that is near unto him, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother; (Torah LEV.21.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../kin/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister, nor of thy father's sister; for he hath made naked his near kin; they shall bear their iniquity.[↗](../../kin/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.20.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../kin/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **kind** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* As a noun, a kind is a type or sort of something.[↗](../../kind/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* What kind of dog is it?[↗](../../kind/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* As an adjective, kind means nice, caring and helpful to others.[↗](../../kind/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Kind of (informal) means «a little» or «sort of».[↗](../../kind/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* I'm kind of tired.[↗](../../kind/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* A type or sort of something.[↗](../../kind/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The shop sells 5 kinds of bread.[↗](../../kind/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She has 3 kinds of flowers, 10 of each kind.[↗](../../kind/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · How many kinds of fruit are there?[↗](../../kind/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The kind boy shared his apples.[↗](../../kind/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · What kind of music do you like?[↗](../../kind/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · It was kind of you to help me.[↗](../../kind/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · There are all kinds of animals at the zoo.[↗](../../kind/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Be kind to your little brother.[↗](../../kind/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · I'm kind of hungry.[↗](../../kind/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · and every raven after its kinds; (Torah DEU.14.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../kind/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · and the kite, and the falcon after its kinds; (Torah LEV.11.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../kind/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · and the glede, and the falcon, and the kite after its kinds; (Torah DEU.14.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../kind/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the kind of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead.[↗](../../kind/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 2CH.18.28, JPS 1917)[↗](../../kind/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · So the merchants and sellers of all kind of ware lodged without Jerusalem once or twice.[↗](../../kind/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings NEH.13.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../kind/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · I made me gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruit; (Writings ECC.2.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../kind/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou shalt not plant thee an Asherah of any kind of tree beside the altar of the LORD thy God, which thou shalt make thee.[↗](../../kind/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.16.21, JPS 1917) · Would she to me were kind\![↗](../../kind/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") (Andersen's Fairy Tales) · On another, it refers to something less tangible, approaching the kind of phantom essence implied by the English term ‘soul’.[↗](../../kind/#x18 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) **kinda** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (slang, informal) Kinda is how «kind of» sounds in quick speech; it means «a bit», «somewhat» or «sort of».[↗](../../kinda/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) «Kinda» can mean «a type of»: «What kinda game is it?».[↗](../../kinda/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* (informal) I'm kinda hungry.[↗](../../kinda/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · (informal) That film was kinda scary.[↗](../../kinda/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · (informal) It's kinda cold out today.[↗](../../kinda/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · (informal) What kinda dog is that?[↗](../../kinda/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · (informal) I kinda like her new haircut.[↗](../../kinda/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · (informal) The maths test was kinda easy.[↗](../../kinda/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **kindhearted** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Kindhearted means caring and gentle, ready to help others.[↗](../../kindhearted/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Edmund was a kindhearted boy.[↗](../../kindhearted/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The kindhearted nurse helped the sick children.[↗](../../kindhearted/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Be kindhearted to your little brother.[↗](../../kindhearted/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **kindle** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To kindle is to set something alight, or to start a fire.[↗](../../kindle/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I will kindle a fire while you gather sticks.[↗](../../kindle/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He planted willow sticks around the wood-pile to kindle it.[↗](../../kindle/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Do not let anyone kindle a fire from the maiden's flame.[↗](../../kindle/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day.'[↗](../../kindle/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.35.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../kindle/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.[↗](../../kindle/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.26.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../kindle/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall devour the palaces of Ben-hadad.[↗](../../kindle/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.49.27, JPS 1917)[↗](../../kindle/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Oh that there were even one among you that would shut the doors, that ye might not kindle fire on Mine altar in vain\![↗](../../kindle/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets MAL.1.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../kindle/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/) [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/page/2/) [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/page/3/) **4** [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/page/5/) [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/page/6/) [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/page/7/) [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/page/8/) 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