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# bright

«bright» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **Giving out or full of strong light: a bright light, 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

adjective (bright, brighter, brightest); adverb (brightly; bright — in «bright and early»)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Giving out or full of strong light: a bright light, a bright sunny day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bright/#m1)

2) Of colours: strong and easy to see: bright red. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bright/#m2)

3) Clever and quick to learn: a bright pupil. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bright/#m3)

4) Happy and lively: a bright smile. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bright/#m4)

5) Likely to be good: a bright future. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bright/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the laws about skin disease, a bright spot is a pale, shiny patch on the skin that the priest must examine. In the later books it also means shining, polished or full of light, as in bright metal, bright skies, and a bright face. Interpretation: The priest, not the doctor, judged whether a spot made someone unclean, and tradition sees these laws as about spiritual purity and speech, not just illness. Psalms says wine and oil make the face bright, a picture of joy and well-being. In the primary lessons: In science: the Sun is very bright — never look at it directly; bright light makes pupils smaller; reflective and bright clothes help drivers see you at night (be bright, be seen). In art: bright and dark colours. In stories: a bright idea, a bright morning. Phrases: bright light, bright colours, bright idea, bright and early, look on the bright side, bright future.

### examples

- and for a rising, and for a scab, and for a bright spot; (Torah LEV.14.56, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bright/#x1)
- And if a man or a woman have in the skin of their flesh bright spots, even white bright spots; (Torah LEV.13.38, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bright/#x2)
- and in the place of the boil there is a white rising, or a bright spot, reddish-white, then it shall be shown to the priest. (Torah LEV.13.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bright/#x3)
- and twenty bowels of gold, of a thousand darics; and two vessels of fine bright brass, precious as gold. (Writings EZR.8.27, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bright/#x4)
- And now men see not the light which is bright in the skies; but the wind passeth, and cleanseth them. (Writings JOB.37.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bright/#x5)
- And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, making the face brighter than oil, and bread that stayeth man's heart. (Writings PSA.104.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bright/#x6)
- The Sun is too bright to look at. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bright/#x7)
- Wear bright clothes so drivers can see you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bright/#x8)
- She painted the door bright yellow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bright/#x9)
- He's a bright boy who loves maths. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bright/#x10)
- I had a bright idea! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bright/#x11)
- We set off bright and early. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bright/#x12)
- Look on the bright side — at least it's not raining. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bright/#x13)
- The stars are bright tonight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bright/#x14)
- The bright boys were puz-zled now. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bright/#x15)

### note

Comparisons: brighter, brightest. Opposites: dim or dark (light), dull (colour), slow (mind — avoid saying it unkindly). The «gh» is silent: «brite». «Brighten» = make bright.

### In the corpora

- [And if a man or a woman have in the skin of their flesh bright spots, even white bright spots;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.348/)
- [and for a rising, and for a scab, and for a bright spot;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.425/)
- [All the bright lights of heaven will I make black over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord GOD.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.823/)
- [And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, making the face brighter than oil, and bread that stayeth man's heart.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1838/)
- [And now men see not the light which is bright in the skies; but the wind passeth, and cleanseth them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.995/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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