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# astir

«astir» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **Up and moving, out of bed and busy, with people or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (no change in form; used after a verb, as in 'was astir')

### meaning for a pupil

Up and moving, out of bed and busy, with people or animals awake and active. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/astir/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Ruth the whole town is excited and stirred up by the return of Naomi. Interpretation: Tradition reads the townswomen's question as showing how greatly Naomi had changed, from a rich woman to a poor widow. It is a moment in the story of Ruth, read at Shavuot. In the primary lessons: in tales the morning when the whole household or the forest is awake and busy

### examples

- And it came to pass, when they were come to Beth-lehem, that all the city was astir concerning them, and the women said: 'Is this Naomi?' (Writings RUT.1.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/astir/#x1)
- All were astir early that morning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/astir/#x2)
- Not even a bird was astir. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/astir/#x3)
- The village was astir before dawn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/astir/#x4)
- Are you up and astir yet? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/astir/#x5)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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