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# close

«close» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **to shut, like a door, a book or your eyes** — 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 (close, closes, closed, closing); adjective (close, closer, closest); adverb (close)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To close is to shut, like a door, a book or your eyes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/close/#m1)

2) To close is also to stop being open for people, like a shop closing at night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/close/#m2)

3) Close (said «klohs») means near. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/close/#m3)

4) Close friends are very good friends. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/close/#m4)

5) A close game is one where the scores are nearly the same. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/close/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Here it mostly means near or tight. "Close-bound" means tied shut, and "close by" means right next to. In Job it means tightly sealed, and "close places" means hiding places. Interpretation: The law says an open jar with no tight cover becomes unclean when a person has died in the tent. The tradition reads this as showing how uncleanness spreads and how a sealed vessel is protected. In the primary lessons: maths: a closing time (an end time), or nearness, or rounding to the nearest number («close to 50» means about 50); estimation; everyday life: shops close, close the door, close your eyes; science: close up with a magnifying glass; stories: a close friend, a close escape; phrases: «close to», «close by», «up close», «close call»

### examples

- And every open vessel, which hath no covering close-bound upon it, is unclean. (Torah NUM.19.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/close/#x1)
- Close by the border were the rings, the holders for the staves to bear the table. (Torah EXO.37.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/close/#x2)
- Close by the border shall the rings be, for places for the staves to bear the table. (Torah EXO.25.27, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/close/#x3)
- His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal. (Writings JOB.41.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/close/#x4)
- The sons of the stranger fade away, and come halting out of their close places. (Prophets 2SA.22.46, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/close/#x5)
- The sons of the stranger fade away, and come trembling out of their close places. (Writings PSA.18.46, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/close/#x6)
- The store closes at 9:00. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/close/#x7)
- Which number is closest to 50? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/close/#x8)
- The park is close to school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/close/#x9)
- The library is closed on Sunday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/close/#x10)
- Please close the window, it is cold. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/close/#x11)
- Close your eyes and count to ten. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/close/#x12)
- Stand close to me in the crowd. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/close/#x13)
- It was a close game: 3 to 2. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/close/#x14)
- She is my close friend. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/close/#x15)
- Close behind him some one followed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/close/#x16)

### note

«closes at» gives an end time; «close to» means near or about. Trap: the same word has two meanings and two sounds: «kloz» (shut) and «klohs» (near). Time open = closing time − opening time.

### In the corpora

- [For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.540/)
- [Close by the border shall the rings be, for places for the staves to bear the table.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.727/)
- [Close by the border were the rings, the holders for the staves to bear the table.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.1136/)
- [And every open vessel, which hath no covering close-bound upon it, is unclean.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.719/)
- [The sons of the stranger fade away, and come halting out of their close places.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.705/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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