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# acquaintance

«acquaintance» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a person you know a little, but who is not a close friend** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (an acquaintance, acquaintances)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An acquaintance is a person you know a little, but who is not a close friend. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/acquaintance/#m1)

2) Acquaintance is knowledge of something or someone: «I have some acquaintance with French». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/acquaintance/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Psalms and Job it means people one knows, whom a suffering person finds pulling away. Interpretation: Tradition reads these as pictures of the loneliness of the righteous sufferer, who is left alone but turns to God. In the primary lessons: In stories and formal speech: «an old acquaintance». In everyday life it is someone you say hello to. Phrases: «make someone's acquaintance» (formal: meet someone), «a nodding acquaintance» (knowing slightly).

### examples

- Friend and companion hast Thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness. (Writings PSA.88.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/acquaintance/#x1)
- He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are wholly estranged from me. (Writings JOB.19.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/acquaintance/#x2)
- Thou hast put mine acquaintance far from me; Thou hast made me an abomination unto them; I am shut up, and I cannot come forth. (Writings PSA.88.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/acquaintance/#x3)
- She is an acquaintance from my swimming club. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/acquaintance/#x4)
- I made his acquaintance at the party. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/acquaintance/#x5)
- He has lots of acquaintances but only a few close friends. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/acquaintance/#x6)
- An old acquaintance of Dad's came to visit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/acquaintance/#x7)
- I have only a slight acquaintance with chess. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/acquaintance/#x8)
- Pleased to make your acquaintance. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/acquaintance/#x9)
- Acquaintance with evil blinds us to its dangers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/acquaintance/#x10)

### note

Spelling: acq-u-ai-n-t-a-n-c-e (it starts with «acq»). Verb: acquaint; «acquainted with» = knowing. Different from «friend»: an acquaintance is less close. Safety: an acquaintance is not someone to go off with without asking a parent.

### In the corpora

- [Friend and companion hast Thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1560/)
- [He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are wholly estranged from me.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.479/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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