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# beneath

«beneath» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **Under or below 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

preposition; adverb

### meaning for a pupil

1) Under or below something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/beneath/#m1)

2) beneath someone: not good enough for someone, or too low for them to do (often proud or rude). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/beneath/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Common in stories and poems as a more literary word for "under". In science: roots beneath the soil, rocks beneath the sea. Phrases: beneath the surface, beneath you, beneath contempt.

### examples

- And thou shalt put it under the ledge round the altar beneath, that the net may reach halfway up the altar. (Torah EXO.27.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/beneath/#x1)
- And he made for the altar a grating of network of brass, under the ledge round it beneath, reaching halfway up. (Torah EXO.38.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/beneath/#x2)
- that they might be double beneath, and in like manner they should be complete unto the top thereof unto the first ring. (Torah EXO.36.29, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/beneath/#x3)
- The shades tremble beneath the waters and the inhabitants thereof. (Writings JOB.26.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/beneath/#x4)
- His roots shall dry up beneath, and above shall his branch wither. (Writings JOB.18.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/beneath/#x5)
- The path of life goeth upward for the wise, that he may depart from the nether-world beneath. (Writings PRO.15.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/beneath/#x6)
- The cat slept beneath the table. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/beneath/#x7)
- Beneath the soil, roots grow deep. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/beneath/#x8)
- There is hot rock far beneath the Earth's surface. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/beneath/#x9)
- She hid the letter beneath her pillow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/beneath/#x10)
- He thinks washing up is beneath him. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/beneath/#x11)
- Write your name beneath the title. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/beneath/#x12)
- The fish swam beneath the ice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/beneath/#x13)
- Meet here beneath this ash-tree's roots. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/beneath/#x14)

### note

More formal or literary than "under" or "below". "Beneath him" is about pride, not place. Opposite: above, over.

### In the corpora

- [And thou shalt put it under the ledge round the altar beneath, that the net may reach halfway up the altar.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.782/)
- [that they might be double beneath, and in like manner they should be complete unto the top thereof unto the first ring.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.1112/)
- [And he made for the altar a grating of network of brass, under the ledge round it beneath, reaching halfway up.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.1156/)
- [The path of life goeth upward for the wise, that he may depart from the nether-world beneath.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.434/)
- [His roots shall dry up beneath, and above shall his branch wither.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.461/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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