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# afar

«afar» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: **far away** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### kind

archaic word

### modern equivalent

far away

### part of speech

adverb

### meaning for a pupil

At a great distance. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/A/afar/#m1)

### how it differs from today

Today it is used only in old-fashioned phrases such as "from afar". Here it is used as an ordinary word for "far off".

### examples

- And his sister stood afar off, to know what would be done to him. (Torah EXO.2.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/A/afar/#x1)
- “Drown!” answered Pinocchio from afar, happy at his escape. (The Adventures of Pinocchio) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/A/afar/#x2)
- On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off. (Torah GEN.22.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/A/afar/#x3)

### primary record

afar

### tests

manual 10.1; corpora 64 (Torah 9, tales 55, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 7.2 (Torah alone 21.0); Wiktionary no archaic label

### In the corpora

- [On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.579/)
- [And they saw him afar off, and before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1196/)
- [And his sister stood afar off, to know what would be done to him.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.27/)
- [And the people stood afar off; but Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.574/)
- [Is this your joyous city, whose feet in antiquity, in ancient days, carried her afar off to sojourn?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.475/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «afar» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/A/afar/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.