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# banquet

«banquet» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **A large formal meal for many people, usually to celebrate…** — 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

noun (banquet, banquets); verb (banquet, rare)

### meaning for a pupil

A large formal meal for many people, usually to celebrate something, with speeches. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/banquet/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: A banquet is a great feast. In the Tanakh it is often a royal meal, as in the story of Esther, and sometimes it means the place where wine and food are served. Interpretation: In the book of Esther the banquets are turning points: Esther uses them to save her people from Haman. Tradition also uses the feast as a picture of the joy of the world to come. In the primary lessons: In history and stories, kings held banquets in great halls with roast meat. Today schools and clubs hold banquets for awards. In Bible lessons, Jesus told stories of a great banquet to show that God invites everyone. Phrases: hold a banquet, a wedding banquet, banquet hall.

### examples

- Will the bands of fishermen make a banquet of him? (Writings JOB.40.30, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/banquet/#x1)
- So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen. (Writings EST.7.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/banquet/#x2)
- He hath brought me to the banqueting-house, and his banner over me is love. (Writings SNG.2.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/banquet/#x3)
- The king held a banquet for his knights. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/banquet/#x4)
- We went to the sports banquet for the awards. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/banquet/#x5)
- The banquet had five courses. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/banquet/#x6)
- The wedding banquet lasted all evening. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/banquet/#x7)
- In the story, a great banquet was ready but the guests made excuses. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/banquet/#x8)
- The banquet hall was full of long tables. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/banquet/#x9)

### note

Say «BANG-kwit». Bigger and fancier than a dinner or a feast. Countable: a banquet, two banquets.

### In the corpora

- [Will the bands of fishermen make a banquet of him?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.1125/)
- [So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EST.112/)
- [No landing allowed»; there are stables and a very old banqueting-hall (a big dining hall for feasts).](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/29-willows-ch2-part1-ducks-ditty-and-toad-hall/29/)
- [Only a door is between them and the banqueting-hall.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/70-willows-ch12-part1-the-secret-passage-at-night/10/)
- [Badger tells him there must be a Banquet to celebrate, and Toad must spend the morning writing the invitations.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/72-willows-ch12-part3-no-speeches-and-no-songs/1/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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