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# brother

«brother» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a boy or man who has the same parents as you** — 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 (brother, brothers; old plural brethren)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A brother is a boy or man who has the same parents as you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/brother/#m1)

2) A half-brother shares one parent; a stepbrother is the son of your stepparent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/brother/#m2)

3) A brother can be a close male friend or a member of a group, like a monk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/brother/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Torah brother means a sibling, but also a close relative or fellow Israelite. Many stories, like Cain and Abel and Joseph, are about brothers. In Chronicles a brother is often named in long lists of families, to say who belonged to whom. Interpretation: Tradition reads the stories of brothers as lessons about jealousy and peace, and asks "Am I my brother's keeper?" as a question about everyone's duty to others. The rabbis found that the family lists in Chronicles show that every person's name and family mattered. In the primary lessons: a person in the story; ages, shares and comparisons; phrases «big brother», «little brother», «older brother», «brothers and sisters» (siblings), «brotherhood»

### examples

- And again she bore his brother Abel. (Torah GEN.4.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/brother/#x1)
- And Cain spoke unto Abel his brother. (Torah GEN.4.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/brother/#x2)
- take also your brother, and arise, go again unto the man; (Torah GEN.43.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/brother/#x3)
- Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of Hagri; (Writings 1CH.11.38, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/brother/#x4)
- Jediael the son of Shimri, and Joha his brother, the Tizite; (Writings 1CH.11.45, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/brother/#x5)
- The brother of Micah, Isshiah; of the sons of Isshiah, Zechariah. (Writings 1CH.24.25, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/brother/#x6)
- Her brother is 3 years older. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/brother/#x7)
- She gave 4 candies to her brother. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/brother/#x8)
- Tom has 2 brothers and 1 sister. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/brother/#x9)
- Her brother has twice as many cards. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/brother/#x10)
- My little brother is learning to walk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/brother/#x11)
- Do you have any brothers or sisters? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/brother/#x12)
- My big brother walks me to school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/brother/#x13)
- The two brothers built a tree house. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/brother/#x14)
- My half-brother lives with his dad. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/brother/#x15)
- The brothers shared the cake equally. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/brother/#x16)
- "Where are your brothers?" asked he. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/brother/#x17)

### note

A person; look at the comparison words around it. Trap: «Tom has 2 brothers» means the family has 3 boys (Tom counts too). Brothers and sisters together are «siblings».

### In the corpora

- [And again she bore his brother Abel.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.87/)
- [And Cain spoke unto Abel his brother.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.96/)
- [And He said: 'What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto Me from the ground.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.99/)
- [And now cursed art thou from the ground, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.100/)
- [And his brother's name was Jubal; he was the father of all such as handle the harp and pipe.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.110/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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