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# behind

«behind» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **at the back of something: «behind the tree»** — 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, adverb

### meaning for a pupil

1) Behind means at the back of something: «behind the tree». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/behind/#m1)

2) Behind means after someone in a line or a race. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/behind/#m2)

3) Behind can mean late or slower than others: «behind with homework». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/behind/#m3)

4) Behind can mean left in a place: «I left my bag behind». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/behind/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

after someone in a line: in a line of N, the Kth from the front has N − K people behind; in a race, a runner behind is losing; phrases: «behind you», «left behind», «fall behind», «behind the scenes»

### examples

- The families of the Gershonites were to pitch behind the tabernacle westward; (Torah NUM.3.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/behind/#x1)
- But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt. (Torah GEN.19.26, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/behind/#x2)
- And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in the thicket by his horns. (Torah GEN.22.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/behind/#x3)
- Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest My words behind thee. (Writings PSA.50.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/behind/#x4)
- Thy temples are like a pomegranate split open behind thy veil. (Writings SNG.6.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/behind/#x5)
- And when he looked behind him, he saw me, and called unto me. (Prophets 2SA.1.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/behind/#x6)
- How many people are behind her? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/behind/#x7)
- Ben stands behind 5 children. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/behind/#x8)
- 7 runners are behind Zoe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/behind/#x9)
- The cat is hiding behind the sofa. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/behind/#x10)
- Our team was 2 goals behind at half-time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/behind/#x11)
- I left my coat behind at school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/behind/#x12)
- Don't fall behind with your reading. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/behind/#x13)
- The sun went behind a cloud. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/behind/#x14)
- The Fiddler hid behind the stove-pipe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/behind/#x15)

### note

In a line of N, the Kth from the front has N − K people behind. Trap: «behind 5 children» makes Ben the 6th. «behind» is the opposite of «in front of».

### In the corpora

- [But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.505/)
- [And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in the thicket by his horns.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.588/)
- [The families of the Gershonites were to pitch behind the tabernacle westward;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.111/)
- [And when he looked behind him, he saw me, and called unto me.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.7/)
- [And he looked behind him and saw them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.46/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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