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# attend

«attend» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **to go to it and be there, such as school, a meeting or a…** — 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

verb (attend, attends, attended, attending); phrasal: attend to

### meaning for a pupil

1) To attend something is to go to it and be there, such as school, a meeting or a party. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/attend/#m1)

2) To attend to something or someone is to deal with it or look after it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/attend/#m2)

3) To attend can also mean to pay attention. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/attend/#m3)

4) To attend can also mean to come along with something, as bad luck may attend a plan. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/attend/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In these texts it often means to listen carefully, especially to God's words or a prayer. Interpretation: Tradition teaches that people should listen closely to God's teaching and that God listens to prayer. Parents and teachers also ask a child to "attend" to wisdom. In the primary lessons: In school, pupils attend lessons, assemblies and clubs, and teachers keep an attendance register. In everyday life people attend weddings, concerts and appointments. Doctors and nurses attend to patients. Phrases: «attend school», «attend a meeting», «attend to a wound».

### examples

- Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer. (Writings PSA.61.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/attend/#x1)
- My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. (Writings PRO.4.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/attend/#x2)
- My son, attend unto my wisdom; incline thine ear to my understanding; (Writings PRO.5.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/attend/#x3)
- All children must attend school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/attend/#x4)
- Over a hundred people attended the concert. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/attend/#x5)
- The nurse attended to my cut knee. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/attend/#x6)
- I attend swimming club on Saturdays. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/attend/#x7)
- Please attend to your work and stop chatting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/attend/#x8)
- Which school do you attend? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/attend/#x9)
- Good luck never attends fishing on a Sunday.’ [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/attend/#x10)

### note

Regular verb: attended, attending. «Attend school» needs no «to» (not «attend to school»). «Attend to» means take care of. Nouns: attendance (being present), attendant (a helper, like a flight attendant), attention. In maths problems attendance means how many were there.

### In the corpora

- [Give ye ear, and hear my voice; attend, and hear my speech.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.583/)
- [And the eyes of them that see shall not be closed, and the ears of them that hear shall attend.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.663/)
- [Who hath raised up one from the east, at whose steps victory attendeth?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.874/)
- [Who hath attended to His word, and heard it?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.635/)
- [But they refused to attend, and turned a stubborn shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they might not hear.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ZEC.96/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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