[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/climb.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/) / climb [← C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/C/) # climb «climb» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **to go up something, like stairs, a tree, a ladder or 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 verb (climb, climbs, climbed, climbing); noun (a climb, climbs) ### meaning for a pupil 1) To climb is to go up something, like stairs, a tree, a ladder or a mountain, often using hands and feet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/climb/#m1) 2) To climb is also to go up in amount, like prices or temperatures climbing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/climb/#m2) 3) A climb is a trip up or a hard way up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/climb/#m3) ### sense in the lessons Interpretation: Amos says no one can escape God by climbing to heaven or digging down to the grave, and the tradition takes this to mean God is everywhere. In the primary lessons: maths: going up a height or a number of steps; up and slide back problems (snail in a well); prices or temperatures that climb rise; PE: climbing frames, rock climbing walls; nature: plants climb up walls; safety: hold on with both hands, wear a helmet, never climb on high shelves; phrases: «climb up», «climb down», «climb into bed» ### examples - They leap upon the city, they run upon the wall, they climb up into the houses; they enter in at the windows like a thief. (Prophets JOL.2.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/climb/#x1) - Though they dig into the nether-world, thence shall My hand take them; and though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down. (Prophets AMO.9.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/climb/#x2) - And Jonathan climbed up upon his hands and upon his feet, and his armour-bearer after him; and they fell before Jonathan; and his armour-bearer slew them after him. (Prophets 1SA.14.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/climb/#x3) - A snail climbs 3 feet each day and slides back 1. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/climb/#x4) - She climbed 120 steps. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/climb/#x5) - He climbs 500 meters in an hour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/climb/#x6) - How high did they climb? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/climb/#x7) - The cat climbed up the tree. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/climb/#x8) - We climbed the hill to see the view. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/climb/#x9) - Ivy climbs up the wall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/climb/#x10) - The temperature climbed to 30 degrees. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/climb/#x11) - Climb down the ladder slowly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/climb/#x12) - Now he climbed the tree unhindered. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/climb/#x13) ### note Climbing adds height. Trap: in climb and slip back problems, the last day has no slip back. The b is silent: say «klime». «Climb down» means go down. ### In the corpora - [A wild animal spends most of its day busy: searching for food, digging, climbing, sniffing and chasing.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/112-training-and-enrichment/0/) - [Tree kangaroos live in rainforests, climb with strong arms and can leap many metres down to the ground without getting hurt.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/167-australias-forests-and-tasmania-devils-cassowaries-and-lyrebirds/9/) - [Goats prefer leaves, twigs and shrubs to grass, and in Morocco some goats climb argan trees to eat the fruit.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/211-sheep-and-goats-wool-flocks-climbers-and-the-tin-can-myth/10/) - [A shallow dish of water in hot weather helps birds, bees and hedgehogs; a stone in it lets insects climb out.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/226-kindness-to-wild-animals/10/) - [In Morocco goats climb argan trees to eat the fruit; goats test things with their mouths but cannot really eat tin cans.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/287-farm-animals-milk-eggs-wool-and-meat/17/) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every meaning and example of «climb» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/climb/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.