--- title: P — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 40 description: The 1498 words of the English dictionary under P, 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/P/page/40/) [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/) / P # P — The English dictionary · page 40 [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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meaning 1:* (UK, old-fashioned, informal) A po is a chamber pot: a bowl kept under the bed to wee in at night in the days before indoor toilets.[↗](../../po/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (abbreviation) PO stands for Post Office, as in «PO Box», a box at the post office where letters can be collected; also «purchase order» in business and «petty officer» in the navy.[↗](../../po/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (a name) The Po is the longest river in Italy.[↗](../../po/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (Mandarin, pinyin) «pó» means grandmother on the mother's side in «pópo» (Cantonese and Mandarin speakers also say this), and «pō» means slope; it sounds like «paw».[↗](../../po/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (a name) Po is a character's name, like the red Teletubby and the panda in «Kung Fu Panda».[↗](../../po/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* In Victorian times, people kept a po under the bed.[↗](../../po/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Send your entry to PO Box 25.[↗](../../po/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The River Po flows across northern Italy.[↗](../../po/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Po is the panda in «Kung Fu Panda».[↗](../../po/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Po was the smallest Teletubby.[↗](../../po/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · (UK, informal) The teacher looked po-faced when we laughed in assembly.[↗](../../po/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The chamber pot was also called a po.[↗](../../po/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The farmland around the Po is very flat and rich.[↗](../../po/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **poacher** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A person who hunts or catches animals or fish illegally, often rare animals like elephants and rhinos.[↗](../../poacher/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A pan for poaching (gently cooking) eggs.[↗](../../poacher/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (sport) A player who scores by waiting near the goal.[↗](../../poacher/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Poachers killed the rhino for its horn.[↗](../../poacher/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Park rangers chase poachers away from the elephants.[↗](../../poacher/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In the story, the poor man became a poacher to feed his children.[↗](../../poacher/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · An egg poacher cooks eggs in little cups over water.[↗](../../poacher/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The striker is a goal poacher who always finds space.[↗](../../poacher/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Dogs help sniff out poachers in Africa.[↗](../../poacher/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **poaching** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Illegally hunting or catching animals, birds or fish, especially on someone else's land or protected animals like elephants and rhinos.[↗](../../poaching/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Cooking food, such as eggs or fish, gently in water or milk that is just below boiling.[↗](../../poaching/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Taking or tempting away someone else's workers, players or ideas: «poaching players».[↗](../../poaching/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Poaching has made black rhinos very rare.[↗](../../poaching/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Rangers patrol the park to stop poaching.[↗](../../poaching/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad is poaching eggs for breakfast.[↗](../../poaching/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Poaching fish in milk keeps it soft.[↗](../../poaching/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The big club was accused of poaching young players.[↗](../../poaching/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Poaching deer on the lord's land was once punished harshly.[↗](../../poaching/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **pocket** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A pocket is a small bag sewn into clothes, where you keep small things.[↗](../../pocket/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A pocket is any small space or area: a pocket of air.[↗](../../pocket/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To pocket something is to put it in your pocket, or to keep it, sometimes unfairly.[↗](../../pocket/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Pocket (adjective) means small enough for a pocket: a pocket torch.[↗](../../pocket/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He has 5 coins in his pocket.[↗](../../pocket/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She has 2 dollars in each pocket.[↗](../../pocket/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · His jacket has 4 pockets.[↗](../../pocket/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How much money is in his pockets?[↗](../../pocket/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I get 5 pounds of pocket money each week.[↗](../../pocket/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A kangaroo carries her baby in a pocket called a pouch.[↗](../../pocket/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Check your pockets before washing your jeans.[↗](../../pocket/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · He pocketed the change.[↗](../../pocket/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The plane bumped through a pocket of air.[↗](../../pocket/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · He felt for it in his pocket.[↗](../../pocket/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · PLEASE DO NOT REMOVE CARDS OR SLIPS FROM THIS POCKET (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../pocket/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **pocketful** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* As much as a pocket can hold.[↗](../../pocketful/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He had a pocketful of conkers.[↗](../../pocketful/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Sing a song of sixpence, a pocket full of rye.[↗](../../pocketful/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She came home with a pocketful of shells.[↗](../../pocketful/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · I found a pocketful of coins in my coat.[↗](../../pocketful/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Rat brought a pocketful of biscuits.[↗](../../pocketful/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The boy had a pocketful of marbles.[↗](../../pocketful/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · When Donald was safe at home, he pulled out his pocketful of bright gold and began to weigh each piece in the scales.[↗](../../pocketful/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **pod** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A long case that holds the seeds of plants such as peas and beans.[↗](../../pod/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A group of whales, dolphins or seals swimming together.[↗](../../pod/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A small separate part or capsule, such as an escape pod or a coffee pod.[↗](../../pod/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* In an old Russian log house, a pod is the raised space under the floor where someone could sleep.[↗](../../pod/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I opened the pod and found five peas.[↗](../../pod/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A pod of dolphins swam beside the boat.[↗](../../pod/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The seed pods burst open in the sun.[↗](../../pod/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The astronaut climbed into the escape pod.[↗](../../pod/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The twins are like two peas in a pod.[↗](../../pod/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Orcas hunt together in pods.[↗](../../pod/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Nothing was left of either of them except their bones, which rattled in the battered golden armour like dry peas in a pod.[↗](../../pod/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **podcast** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A podcast is a series of audio (sometimes video) shows on the internet that you can download or stream and listen to whenever you like.[↗](../../podcast/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* One episode of such a show is also called a podcast.[↗](../../podcast/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To podcast is to make and publish these shows.[↗](../../podcast/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We listened to a science podcast in the car.[↗](../../podcast/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class made a podcast about the Romans.[↗](../../podcast/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The podcast comes out every Friday.[↗](../../podcast/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · My favourite podcast tells spooky stories for kids.[↗](../../podcast/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She hosts a podcast about football.[↗](../../podcast/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · You can subscribe so new podcasts download automatically.[↗](../../podcast/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Not everything said on a podcast is true, so check other sources.[↗](../../podcast/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **podgy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (informal, mainly UK) A little fat, short and soft-looking.[↗](../../podgy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) Soft and fleshy, of hands, fingers or a face.[↗](../../podgy/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The baby grabbed my finger with her podgy hand.[↗](../../podgy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our cat got podgy after the neighbours kept feeding her.[↗](../../podgy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He was a podgy boy with red cheeks and a big grin.[↗](../../podgy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The puppy's podgy tummy wobbled as it ran.[↗](../../podgy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandad patted his podgy belly after Christmas dinner.[↗](../../podgy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · "Don't call him podgy, it's unkind," Mum said.[↗](../../podgy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The teddy had a podgy face and button eyes.[↗](../../podgy/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **podium** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A podium is a small raised platform that a person stands on to speak, conduct an orchestra or receive a prize.[↗](../../podium/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In sport, the podium is the three-step stand where the first, second and third winners stand; "to get on the podium" means to finish in the top three.[↗](../../podium/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (US) A podium can also mean a lectern, the stand that holds a speaker's notes.[↗](../../podium/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The three winners stood on the podium to get their medals.[↗](../../podium/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She finished second and stood on the podium with a silver medal.[↗](../../podium/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Our team just missed the podium by coming fourth.[↗](../../podium/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The head teacher spoke from the podium in the hall.[↗](../../podium/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The conductor stepped onto the podium and raised his baton.[↗](../../podium/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The gold medal winner stands on the highest step of the podium.[↗](../../podium/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Making the podium at the swimming gala was her dream.[↗](../../podium/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **poem** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A poem is a piece of writing in lines, often with rhythm and sometimes rhyme, that expresses feelings or ideas in a special, beautiful way.[↗](../../poem/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A poem can be funny, sad, short like a haiku or long like a ballad.[↗](../../poem/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We wrote a poem about the sea.[↗](../../poem/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She recited a poem in front of the whole school.[↗](../../poem/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A haiku is a short poem with three lines.[↗](../../poem/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · This poem rhymes «cat» with «hat».[↗](../../poem/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The poet read her poems at the library.[↗](../../poem/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Learn the first verse of the poem by heart for Friday.[↗](../../poem/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · His poem made everyone laugh.[↗](../../poem/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · “I would make a poem,” Fionn cried.[↗](../../poem/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · This particular phraseology is one of several hints that the SY may share a particular literary affiliation with the Sifre Emet, the poems of Psalms, Proverbs, and Job.[↗](../../poem/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../poem/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **poesy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (old use) Poesy means poetry, the art of writing poems.[↗](../../poesy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* "Poesy!" cried the learned man.[↗](../../poesy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I have been in the antechamber at the court of Poesy.[↗](../../poesy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The old king loved poesy more than gold.[↗](../../poesy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **poet** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A person who writes poems.[↗](../../poet/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The poet wrote about the sea and the sky.[↗](../../poet/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class read a poem by a poet from Ireland.[↗](../../poet/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She wants to be a poet when she grows up.[↗](../../poet/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The poet read her poems aloud to the school.[↗](../../poet/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A good poet chooses every word carefully.[↗](../../poet/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · «You're a poet and you didn't know it!» laughed Gran.[↗](../../poet/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Late in the evening the poet came home.[↗](../../poet/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **poetess** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (old use) A poetess is a woman who writes poems; today most people just say poet.[↗](../../poetess/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* When Hase-Hime was thirteen, she was already mentioned as a poetess of some merit.[↗](../../poetess/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class read a book by a famous poetess.[↗](../../poetess/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The poetess wrote a poem for the queen.[↗](../../poetess/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **poetic** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To do with poetry or written in the form of poems.[↗](../../poetic/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Beautiful, expressive or imaginative, like a poem: a poetic description.[↗](../../poetic/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Poetic justice: when someone who has done wrong gets a fitting, almost funny punishment.[↗](../../poetic/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Her description of the sea was very poetic.[↗](../../poetic/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Alliteration is a poetic device.[↗](../../poetic/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · It was poetic justice when the bully slipped on his own banana skin.[↗](../../poetic/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The poet used poetic licence and changed the word order.[↗](../../poetic/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The song has poetic lyrics.[↗](../../poetic/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Write a poetic sentence about the moon.[↗](../../poetic/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · "I should like to try what it is to have a poetic taste, and to become a poet myself.[↗](../../poetic/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Midrash Tanchuma 1:5 on \[Genesis 1:1\], Zohar 1:3a inter alia.\][↗](../../poetic/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") \[note 8: Though the phrase is usually translated the ‘Thirty-Two Paths’, I find that the alliteration of ‘Wondrous Ways of Wisdom’ neatly approximates the SY’s choice of poetic vocabulary.[↗](../../poetic/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../poetic/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **poetical** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Of or about poetry, or written like a poem.[↗](../../poetical/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Full of feeling, imagination or beautiful language.[↗](../../poetical/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Upon which he cried out with great earnestness, but not in the most poetical manner.[↗](../../poetical/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The most important of these divinities may have been the creations of an active and poetical imagination.[↗](../../poetical/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Her description of the sea was very poetical.[↗](../../poetical/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **poetically** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* In a way that is like a poem, beautiful and full of imagery.[↗](../../poetically/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Most literally, it means ‘waste(land)’, the lifeless open desert, a translation of \[Genesis 1:2\] so far captured in English only by Robert Alter’s The Hebrew Bible (2019), who poetically renders תֹהוּ וָבֹהוּ tohu vavohu as “waste and welter”; cf.[↗](../../poetically/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../poetically/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **poetry** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Writing in which words are chosen for their sound, rhythm and pictures, often set out in short lines and sometimes rhyming.[↗](../../poetry/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Poems as a group, or the poems of one writer or country.[↗](../../poetry/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A quality of beauty and grace in something that is not writing: «the poetry of her dancing».[↗](../../poetry/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We are studying poetry in English this week.[↗](../../poetry/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Her poetry is full of the sea and the wind.[↗](../../poetry/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Each pupil read a poem at the poetry assembly.[↗](../../poetry/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The Psalms are some of the oldest poetry in the Bible.[↗](../../poetry/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Not all poetry rhymes; some is free verse.[↗](../../poetry/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Watching the gymnast was like poetry in motion.[↗](../../poetry/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma keeps a book of Irish poetry by her bed.[↗](../../poetry/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · He won a prize in the school poetry competition.[↗](../../poetry/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Here is true poetry in nature.[↗](../../poetry/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Depth \[note 15: עוֹמֶק ʽomeq ‘depth’ here is based on the metaphor of עֲמֻקָּה ʽamuqqah ‘deepness’ as a symbol of divine mystery, as found in Biblical poetry, ex.[↗](../../poetry/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") \[Job 11:8\], \[Psalms 64:7\], \[Ecclesiastes 7:24\].[↗](../../poetry/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../poetry/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **pogrom** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A pogrom is a violent attack by a mob on a group of people because of their religion or people, in which homes and shops are destroyed and people are hurt or killed.[↗](../../pogrom/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The word was first used for attacks on Jewish people in the Russian Empire, including in towns that are now in Ukraine, in the 1800s and early 1900s.[↗](../../pogrom/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A pogrom is an attack on people just because of their religion or background.[↗](../../pogrom/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Many Jewish families left the Russian Empire after pogroms destroyed their homes.[↗](../../pogrom/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Kristallnacht in 1938 was a pogrom against Jewish people in Germany.[↗](../../pogrom/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · During the pogrom, shops were smashed and families were hurt.[↗](../../pogrom/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My great-grandparents moved to America to escape the pogroms.[↗](../../pogrom/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The museum taught us how hatred can grow into a pogrom.[↗](../../pogrom/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Remembering the pogroms helps people stand up against prejudice.[↗](../../pogrom/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **poinsettia** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A plant from Mexico with large bright red (or pink or white) leaves around small yellow flowers, popular at Christmas.[↗](../../poinsettia/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We bought a poinsettia for the Christmas table.[↗](../../poinsettia/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The red parts of a poinsettia are leaves, not petals.[↗](../../poinsettia/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Poinsettias come from Mexico.[↗](../../poinsettia/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The church was decorated with red poinsettias.[↗](../../poinsettia/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Keep a poinsettia warm and away from draughts.[↗](../../poinsettia/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In Mexico the poinsettia is called the Christmas Eve flower.[↗](../../poinsettia/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **point** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A point is a score in a game.[↗](../../point/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A point is a very small dot, or an exact place: a point on a line, a meeting point.[↗](../../point/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* The point is the sharp end of something: the point of a pencil.[↗](../../point/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* The point is the main idea or reason: «What is the point?».[↗](../../point/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* To point is to show with your finger.[↗](../../point/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* A point in a number is a decimal point: 3.5 is «three point five».[↗](../../point/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 7:* A point can also mean one detail or respect in which two things are alike.[↗](../../point/#m7 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She scored 12 points.[↗](../../point/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Each goal is worth 3 points.[↗](../../point/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · How many more points does Tom have?[↗](../../point/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Write 3 point 5 as a number.[↗](../../point/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Mark the point where the two lines cross.[↗](../../point/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Water's boiling point is 100 degrees Celsius.[↗](../../point/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · It is rude to point at people.[↗](../../point/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Sharpen your pencil to a fine point.[↗](../../point/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · That's a good point\![↗](../../point/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · The point of the game is to have fun.[↗](../../point/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And Moses and Aaron took these men that are pointed out by name.[↗](../../point/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.1.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../point/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And Esau said: 'Behold, I am at the point to die; and what profit shall the birthright do to me?'[↗](../../point/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.25.32, JPS 1917)[↗](../../point/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · But Isaac Myer states that there are un- doubted traces of pointing in Hebrew MSS. of the second century.[↗](../../point/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../point/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · So Hushai David's friend came into the city; and Absalom was at the point of coming into Jerusalem.[↗](../../point/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2SA.15.37, JPS 1917)[↗](../../point/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · If one lay at him with the sword, it will not hold; nor the spear, the dart, nor the pointed shaft.[↗](../../point/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.41.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../point/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · I am afflicted and at the point of death from my youth up; I have borne Thy terrors, I am distracted.[↗](../../point/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.88.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../point/#x16 "tree and 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