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# begin

«begin» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **to start doing something** — 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 (begin, begins, began, begun, beginning)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To begin is to start doing something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/begin/#m1)

2) To begin is to start happening or existing: «The film begins at 7». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/begin/#m2)

3) To begin with means first, or at the start. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/begin/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

the start of an activity, or the starting amount; also a start time; phrases «begin with», «to begin with», «beginning», «beginner», «once upon a time» (a story begins)

### examples

- And Noah the husbandman began, and planted a vineyard. (Torah GEN.9.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/begin/#x1)
- And Cush begot Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one in the earth. (Torah GEN.10.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/begin/#x2)
- And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit harlotry with the daughters of Moab. (Torah NUM.25.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/begin/#x3)
- Jehoash was seven years old when he began to reign. (Prophets 2KI.12.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/begin/#x4)
- In the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah. (Writings 2CH.13.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/begin/#x5)
- Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven. (Prophets JDG.16.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/begin/#x6)
- The movie begins at 7:15. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/begin/#x7)
- He began with 20 marbles. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/begin/#x8)
- She begins reading on page 12. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/begin/#x9)
- School begins in 3 days. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/begin/#x10)
- Let's begin our lesson. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/begin/#x11)
- It began to rain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/begin/#x12)
- The word «cat» begins with c. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/begin/#x13)
- To begin with, read the question carefully. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/begin/#x14)
- He is a beginner at chess. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/begin/#x15)
- The story begins in a dark forest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/begin/#x16)
- Then the Sun began to shine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/begin/#x17)

### note

Gives a start: a starting amount or a start time. Trap: to find how long, take the start time from the end time. Past forms: «began», «have begun» — not «begun» alone as past.

### In the corpora

- [And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.149/)
- [And Noah the husbandman began, and planted a vineyard.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.237/)
- [And Cush begot Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one in the earth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.254/)
- [And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit harlotry with the daughters of Moab.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.894/)
- [And the spirit of the LORD began to move him in Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.423/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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