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# among

«among» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **in the middle of a group: a house among the trees** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

preposition

### meaning for a pupil

1) Among means in the middle of a group: a house among the trees. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/among/#m1)

2) Among means shared with each person of a group: shared among three friends. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/among/#m2)

3) Among means being one of a group: she is among the best runners. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/among/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

sharing a total out to a number of people («shared equally among 3 friends» = divide by 3); in everyday life «among friends», «among the trees», «among other things»; in science «among mammals, whales are the biggest»

### examples

- Give unto us a possession among the brethren of our father.' (Torah NUM.27.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/among/#x1)
- Every male among the priests may eat thereof; it is most holy. (Torah LEV.6.29, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/among/#x2)
- 'Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them. (Torah NUM.8.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/among/#x3)
- Is Saul also among the prophets?' (Prophets 1SA.10.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/among/#x4)
- Will they part him among the merchants? (Writings JOB.40.30, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/among/#x5)
- Who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?' (Prophets ISA.33.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/among/#x6)
- 12 cookies are shared equally among 3 friends. How many cookies does each friend get? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/among/#x7)
- Mr Lee shares 30 pencils among 6 pupils. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/among/#x8)
- 24 grapes are split among 4 children. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/among/#x9)
- The rabbit hid among the tall grass. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/among/#x10)
- Among all the fruits, I like mangoes best. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/among/#x11)
- The prize money was divided among the four winners. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/among/#x12)
- She was among the first to arrive. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/among/#x13)
- He searched among the shavings--no one! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/among/#x14)

### note

«shared among N» names how many shares there are: divide the total by N. Trap: «one of the books among them» does not share anything. Teachers often say «among» for three or more and «between» for two, though «between» is also used for more.

### In the corpora

- [And the sons of Israel came to buy among those that came; for the famine was in the land of Caanan.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1365/)
- [And from among his brethren he took five men, and presented them unto Pharaoh.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1539/)
- [And if thou knowest any able men among them, then make them rulers over my cattle.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1545/)
- [He that feared the word of the LORD among the servants of Pharaoh made his servants and his cattle flee into the houses;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.255/)
- [One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.360/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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