[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/at.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/) / at [← A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/A/) # at «at» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **At shows where something is: at the shop, at school** — 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; noun (@, the at sign in emails and posts) ### meaning for a pupil 1) At shows where something is: at the shop, at school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/at/#m1) 2) At shows when: at noon, at the start. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/at/#m2) 3) At shows what you look, point or aim towards: look at the board. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/at/#m3) 4) At gives a price or a speed: at 5 dollars each, at 60 km an hour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/at/#m4) 5) At shows how well someone does something: good at maths. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/at/#m5) 6) (casual) «Where it's at» means where the fun or the action is; «Where are you at?» asks how far you have got. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/at/#m6) 7) (rough) «Shout at», «have a go at» or «be at someone» means to tell them off or nag them angrily. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/at/#m7) 8) (formal) The exam voice says «at a rate of», «at a cost of», «at the commencement», «at the conclusion». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/at/#m8) 9) After a word like "not", "at all" means in any way or to any degree. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/at/#m9) ### sense in the lessons «look at the word», «at the start» (the starting amount), «at the end» (the final amount), «at the shop»; in everyday life «at home», «at night», «at last», «at once», «at least», «at all», «good at maths»; prices «at 2 dollars each» point to multiplying; online «@» in an address or before a name; in rough talk «stop having a go at me»; in the exam voice «at a unit cost of», «at the commencement of the period» ### examples - And I besought the LORD at that time, saying: (Torah DEU.3.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/at/#x1) - From Kibroth-hattaavah the people journeyed unto Hazeroth; and they abode at Hazeroth. (Torah NUM.11.35, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/at/#x2) - At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release. (Torah DEU.15.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/at/#x3) - And they went out at noon. (Prophets 1KI.20.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/at/#x4) - Why did I not perish at birth? (Writings JOB.3.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/at/#x5) - Is a nation brought forth at once? (Prophets ISA.66.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/at/#x6) - Not quite. Look at the word «equal»: it tells us to divide. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/at/#x7) - At the start Ken had 12 stamps. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/at/#x8) - At the shop Mia buys 3 pens. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/at/#x9) - We have lunch at twelve o'clock. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/at/#x10) - Look at the bird on the fence! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/at/#x11) - She is very good at swimming. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/at/#x12) - Pencils are sold at 50 cents each. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/at/#x13) - At last the bus arrived. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/at/#x14) - At least 3 people must play this game. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/at/#x15) - at the shops rn, need anything [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/at/#x16) - Stop having a go at me, I counted them twice! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/at/#x17) - At the commencement of the journey a vehicle contained 30 passengers, at a fare of 2 dollars each. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/at/#x18) - "He isn't a rabbit at all! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/at/#x19) ### note No operation clue; «at the start» marks the starting amount. Trap: «at the end» asks for the amount after all the changes. «3 pens at 50 cents each» hides equal groups: 3 × 50; «at a unit cost of» means the same in an exam. «at least 3» means 3 or more; «at most 3» means 3 or fewer. Use «at» for a point (at the door, at 3 o'clock), «in» for inside or longer times (in the box, in July). «at the commencement» means at the start. ### In the corpora - [And it repented the LORD that He had made man on the earth, and it grieved Him at His heart.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.154/) - [And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.201/) - [But My covenant will I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.434/) - [At the set time I will return unto thee, when the season cometh round, and Sarah shall have a son.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.455/) - [And they said: 'We will call the damsel, and inquire at her mouth.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.682/) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every meaning and example of «at» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/at/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.