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*Everyday, meaning 1:* A formal or official statement, often one that announces a decision.[↗](../../pronouncement/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A statement made in a grand way, as if it must be obeyed.[↗](../../pronouncement/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The king made a pronouncement from the palace balcony.[↗](../../pronouncement/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Queen of Hearts' pronouncement was: «Off with her head!»[↗](../../pronouncement/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The head teacher's pronouncement about mobile phones surprised us.[↗](../../pronouncement/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The judge's pronouncement was final.[↗](../../pronouncement/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Toad made grand pronouncements about his own cleverness.[↗](../../pronouncement/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The pronouncement was printed in all the newspapers.[↗](../../pronouncement/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **pronunciation** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Pronunciation is the way a word is said out loud.[↗](../../pronunciation/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Pronunciation is also how well or how a person says words in a language, including their accent.[↗](../../pronunciation/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* What's the pronunciation of this word?[↗](../../pronunciation/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Her French pronunciation is really good.[↗](../../pronunciation/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · «Tomato» has two common pronunciations.[↗](../../pronunciation/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The dictionary shows the pronunciation in brackets.[↗](../../pronunciation/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We practised the pronunciation of new Mandarin tones.[↗](../../pronunciation/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · English spelling and pronunciation often don't match.[↗](../../pronunciation/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · No explanation could convey an adequate idea of the intonation and pronunciation which Uncle Remus brought to bear upon this wonderful word.[↗](../../pronunciation/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · 33) The aspirating pronunciation of ρ in the Greek, was adopted by the ancient Jews in Palestine for the Hebrew letter ר.[↗](../../pronunciation/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../pronunciation/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Instead, the SY may be intimating a twofold pronunciation of Resh known among certain mediveal Jewish communities in Babylonia and elsewhere, which does indeed preserve a distinguish between ‘single’ Resh and ‘double’ Resh.[↗](../../pronunciation/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../pronunciation/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · The \[33\] seven double letters, בגד כפרת with a duplicity of pronunciation, aspirated and unaspirated, namely: ,תּת ,רּר ,פּפ ,כּכ ,דּד ,גּג ,בּב serve as a model of softness and hardness, strength and weakness.[↗](../../pronunciation/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../pronunciation/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **proof** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Facts or evidence that show something is true.[↗](../../proof/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In maths, a set of clear steps that shows a statement must be true.[↗](../../proof/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Added to a word, "-proof" means protected against something: waterproof, soundproof, childproof.[↗](../../proof/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Do you have proof that you finished your homework?[↗](../../proof/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The footprints were proof that a fox had visited.[↗](../../proof/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My coat is waterproof, so I stayed dry.[↗](../../proof/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Medicine bottles have childproof lids.[↗](../../proof/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher showed a proof that the angles of a triangle add up to 180 degrees.[↗](../../proof/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Keep the receipt as proof that you paid.[↗](../../proof/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · One example is not proof that a rule always works.[↗](../../proof/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · surely all those men that have seen My glory, and My signs, which I wrought in Egypt and in the wilderness, yet have put Me to proof these ten times, and have not hearkened to My voice; (Torah NUM.14.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../proof/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Proofed, formatted and Unicode transliteration by John Bruno Hare.[↗](../../proof/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../proof/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · The proof of which is that air is a participator with both.[↗](../../proof/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../proof/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **proofread** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To read a piece of writing carefully to find and correct mistakes in spelling, punctuation and grammar before it is finished or printed.[↗](../../proofread/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Always proofread your story before you hand it in.[↗](../../proofread/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I proofread my email and found three spelling mistakes.[↗](../../proofread/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Can you proofread my letter, please?[↗](../../proofread/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Proofreading helps you catch missing full stops.[↗](../../proofread/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My mum's job is to proofread books before they are printed.[↗](../../proofread/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She proofreads by reading her work aloud.[↗](../../proofread/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The spellchecker didn't notice "there" for "their", so proofread too.[↗](../../proofread/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · PARTIAL: English Wikisource transcription (proofread from Index:Sepher Yetzirah.djvu) — only Preface to the Second Edition, Introduction, and the text (chapters I-VI).[↗](../../proofread/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../proofread/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **prop** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An object used by actors in a play or film, like a sword, a crown or a cup.[↗](../../prop/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A stick, beam or other thing used to hold something up.[↗](../../prop/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (verb) To support something so it doesn't fall, or to lean it against something: «prop the door open».[↗](../../prop/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (rugby) A player in the front row of the scrum.[↗](../../prop/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (informal) A propeller.[↗](../../prop/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We made a paper crown as a prop for the play.[↗](../../prop/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Prop the bike against the wall.[↗](../../prop/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't prop open the fire door.[↗](../../prop/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad propped up the tomato plant with a stick.[↗](../../prop/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She propped her head on her hand.[↗](../../prop/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The prop pushed hard in the rugby scrum.[↗](../../prop/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · With a willow cane he propped himself up as he staggered along beneath his burden.[↗](../../prop/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **propaganda** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Propaganda is information, often false or one-sided, spread to make people believe something or support a group, leader or idea.[↗](../../propaganda/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* It often uses posters, films, slogans and social media, and plays on feelings like fear or pride.[↗](../../propaganda/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* During the war, governments made propaganda posters.[↗](../../propaganda/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Propaganda tells only one side of the story.[↗](../../propaganda/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The dictator used propaganda to make people love him.[↗](../../propaganda/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Ask who made a message and why, so propaganda doesn't fool you.[↗](../../propaganda/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The film was propaganda, not the real truth.[↗](../../propaganda/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Some adverts work a bit like propaganda.[↗](../../propaganda/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **propagate** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To grow new plants from a parent plant, for example from cuttings, seeds or runners.[↗](../../propagate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (of plants and animals) To breed or reproduce.[↗](../../propagate/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (formal) To spread an idea, news or belief to many people.[↗](../../propagate/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (science) For sound, light or waves to travel through something.[↗](../../propagate/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We propagated new spider plants from the babies on the runners.[↗](../../propagate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Gardeners propagate roses from cuttings.[↗](../../propagate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Strawberries propagate by sending out runners.[↗](../../propagate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Sound cannot propagate through empty space.[↗](../../propagate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The newspaper propagated a false story.[↗](../../propagate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Some trees propagate by seeds carried on the wind.[↗](../../propagate/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **propagation** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (science) Propagation is growing new plants from a parent plant, from seeds, cuttings or bulbs.[↗](../../propagation/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (science) Propagation is the spreading of something, such as sound, light or waves, from one place to another.[↗](../../propagation/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (formal) Propagation is spreading ideas or beliefs.[↗](../../propagation/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Plant propagation from cuttings is easy with mint.[↗](../../propagation/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Sound propagation is faster in water than in air.[↗](../../propagation/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We studied the propagation of light.[↗](../../propagation/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The gardener showed us propagation by seeds.[↗](../../propagation/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The propagation of rumours can hurt people.[↗](../../propagation/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Strawberries spread by natural propagation through runners.[↗](../../propagation/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Propagation needs warmth and water.[↗](../../propagation/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Waves show propagation of energy.[↗](../../propagation/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **propel** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To push or drive something forward.[↗](../../propel/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To send someone into a new situation, or make them do something: propelled to fame.[↗](../../propel/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The engine propels the boat through the water.[↗](../../propel/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Oars propel a rowing boat.[↗](../../propel/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Air rushing out of the balloon propelled it across the room.[↗](../../propel/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Her great voice propelled her to fame.[↗](../../propel/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Rockets are propelled by burning fuel.[↗](../../propel/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The wind propelled the yacht faster than we expected.[↗](../../propel/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He imagines that one can propel things by means of steam."[↗](../../propel/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **propeller** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A propeller is a set of blades that spin around to push a boat, ship or aircraft forward.[↗](../../propeller/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The boat's propeller churned up the water.[↗](../../propeller/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Old planes had a propeller at the front.[↗](../../propeller/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We made a car with an elastic-band propeller.[↗](../../propeller/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Keep your hands away from the drone's propellers.[↗](../../propeller/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The propeller started to spin faster and faster.[↗](../../propeller/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A ship's propeller is under the water at the back.[↗](../../propeller/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **propelling** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Pushing or driving something forward.[↗](../../propelling/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (adjective, UK) A «propelling pencil» is a mechanical pencil in which the lead is pushed out by twisting or clicking.[↗](../../propelling/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Making someone do something or go somewhere: «Fear was propelling him on.».[↗](../../propelling/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The oars were propelling the boat across the river.[↗](../../propelling/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A squid moves by propelling water out of its body.[↗](../../propelling/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The rocket is propelled by burning fuel.[↗](../../propelling/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Can I borrow your propelling pencil?[↗](../../propelling/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The crowd was propelling us towards the gate.[↗](../../propelling/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A propeller turns, propelling the ship forward.[↗](../../propelling/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **propensity** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) A natural habit of behaving in a certain way, a tendency: «a propensity to tell jokes», «a propensity for getting lost».[↗](../../propensity/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My dog has a propensity to chew socks.[↗](../../propensity/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She has a propensity for getting into trouble.[↗](../../propensity/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Some metals have a propensity to rust.[↗](../../propensity/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · His propensity to exaggerate made people doubt him.[↗](../../propensity/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Cats have a propensity for sleeping in sunny spots.[↗](../../propensity/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · This rope has a propensity to tangle.[↗](../../propensity/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **proper** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Right, correct or suitable for the situation.[↗](../../proper/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "the proper way to hold a pencil".[↗](../../proper/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Real, true.[↗](../../proper/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "a proper meal", not just a snack.[↗](../../proper/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Polite and well-behaved, following the rules of good manners.[↗](../../proper/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* In maths, a proper fraction is one where the top number is smaller than the bottom number.[↗](../../proper/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Wear proper shoes for the hike.[↗](../../proper/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Put the toys back in their proper place.[↗](../../proper/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · "London" is a proper noun, so it starts with a capital letter.[↗](../../proper/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · 3/4 is a proper fraction.[↗](../../proper/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · After the snack we had a proper dinner.[↗](../../proper/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · It is proper to say thank you.[↗](../../proper/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Use the proper tool for the job.[↗](../../proper/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · That is the proper way to fight.[↗](../../proper/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Magnificence, which emanate from its own proper essence.[↗](../../proper/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../proper/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Because it regulates the motions of the Sun and Moon in their proper order, each in an orbit convenient for it.[↗](../../proper/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../proper/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · But it is proper to assume, tliat they may have been known to a few learned men long before they began to be widely used.[↗](../../proper/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../proper/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **properly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Properly means in the correct or right way.[↗](../../properly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* Hold the scissors properly.[↗](../../properly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Properly means fully or really.[↗](../../properly/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* I did not sleep properly.[↗](../../properly/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Properly can mean politely and in the right manner: behave properly.[↗](../../properly/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Wash your hands properly before eating.[↗](../../properly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Put on your helmet properly.[↗](../../properly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Read the question properly before you answer.[↗](../../properly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · I could not see properly without my glasses.[↗](../../properly/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Sit properly on your chair.[↗](../../properly/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Make sure the gate is properly closed.[↗](../../properly/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Cook the chicken properly so it is safe to eat.[↗](../../properly/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The plant will not grow properly without light.[↗](../../properly/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Are we spending the evening properly?[↗](../../properly/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Tzaddi is properly Tz ; but some write Z only, which is misleading because the Hebrew has also a true Z, Zain.[↗](../../properly/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../properly/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **property** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A property is a thing or things that belong to someone: «this pen is my property».[↗](../../property/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A property is a house, building or piece of land.[↗](../../property/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A property is a quality something has, like being hard, soft, shiny or magnetic.[↗](../../property/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* In maths, a property is a rule that is always true, like 2 + 3 = 3 + 2.[↗](../../property/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Use the property of adding to check 8 + 5 = 5 + 8.[↗](../../property/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The property has 3 houses.[↗](../../property/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The farm property is 40 acres.[↗](../../property/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Which property shows 3 × 4 = 4 × 3?[↗](../../property/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A property of glass is that it is transparent.[↗](../../property/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Check the lost property box for your jumper.[↗](../../property/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The sign says «Private property, keep out».[↗](../../property/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · One property of a square is that all four sides are equal.[↗](../../property/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Metal has the property of letting electricity pass through.[↗](../../property/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · I appoint the tiger as guard over my property.[↗](../../property/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · This is the special chapter of the Heptad, the powers and properties of the Seven.[↗](../../property/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../property/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · I base it off an interpretation of the SY’s internal structure, the semantic properties of the root ספ״ר SPR, and the SY’s general grammatical inventiveness.[↗](../../property/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../property/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · In this interpretation, they are ten elemental entities or properties which bind or restrain primordial תֹּהוּ tohu, 'chaos, void, waste(land)' \[Genesis 1:2\], allowing structure and order to exist in creation.[↗](../../property/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../property/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **prophecy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A statement that something will happen in the future, especially one made by someone believed to have special knowledge: «The witch's prophecy came true.».[↗](../../prophecy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (Bible, church) A message that Christians and Jews believe comes from God, given through a prophet, sometimes about the future and often about how people should live.[↗](../../prophecy/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* The power or act of saying what will happen in the future.[↗](../../prophecy/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The old prophecy said a girl from the village would save the kingdom.[↗](../../prophecy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The prophecy came true at the end of the book.[↗](../../prophecy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Isaiah's prophecies are read in church at Christmas.[↗](../../prophecy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Christians believe Jesus fulfilled the prophecies of the prophets.[↗](../../prophecy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Saying «I'll fail» can become a self-fulfilling prophecy.[↗](../../prophecy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The fortune teller's prophecy was just a guess.[↗](../../prophecy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · In the myth, the king tried to escape the prophecy but could not.[↗](../../prophecy/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · So his mother’s prophecy had come true, after all.[↗](../../prophecy/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The Twelfth Path is the Intelligence of Transparency, because it is that species of Magnificence., called CHAZCHAZIT, which is named the place whence issues the vision of those seeing in apparitions.[↗](../../prophecy/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (That is, the prophecies by seers in a vision.)[↗](../../prophecy/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../prophecy/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And I discerned, and, lo, God had not sent him; for he pronounced this prophecy against me, whereas Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.[↗](../../prophecy/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings NEH.6.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../prophecy/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **prophesy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To say what will happen in the future, by special power or by a strong guess.[↗](../../prophesy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (noun form: prophecy) A prophecy is such a foretelling.[↗](../../prophesy/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The wise woman prophesied a storm.[↗](../../prophesy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Can you prophesy who will win the race?[↗](../../prophesy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In the tale, the daisy can prophesy the truth of love.[↗](../../prophesy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The old man prophesied a happy ending.[↗](../../prophesy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man.'[↗](../../prophesy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.11.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../prophesy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The Lord GOD hath spoken, who can but prophesy?[↗](../../prophesy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets AMO.3.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../prophesy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · 'Son of man, set thy face toward Zidon, and prophesy against it, (Prophets EZK.28.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../prophesy/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **prophet** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A prophet is a person who people believe is chosen by God to bring a message or tell the future.[↗](../../prophet/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A prophet is someone who predicts what will happen.[↗](../../prophet/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In many religions the Prophet means a central religious figure, such as the Prophet Muhammad in Islam.[↗](../../prophet/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Many religions have prophets.[↗](../../prophet/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The prophet warned the people.[↗](../../prophet/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Muslims call Muhammad the Prophet.[↗](../../prophet/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Moses is called a prophet.[↗](../../prophet/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He was a prophet of doom, always saying things would go wrong.[↗](../../prophet/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In the legend, a prophet foretold the hero's birth.[↗](../../prophet/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Nobody listened to the prophet's warning.[↗](../../prophet/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · She turned out to be a true prophet about the weather.[↗](../../prophet/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · First, there are the bow and arrows of his Reverence the Prophet Salih.[↗](../../prophet/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And there hath not arisen a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face; (Torah DEU.34.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../prophet/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And the LORD said unto Moses: 'See, I have set thee in God's stead to Pharaoh; and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.[↗](../../prophet/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.7.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../prophet/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · If there arise in the midst of thee a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams — and he give thee a sign or a wonder, (Torah DEU.13.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../prophet/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Is Saul also among the prophets?'[↗](../../prophet/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.10.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../prophet/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet.[↗](../../prophet/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets HAB.3.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../prophet/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · THE BURDEN which Habakkuk the prophet did see.[↗](../../prophet/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets HAB.1.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../prophet/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/) … [65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/page/65/) **66** 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