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# country

«country» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **A land with its own government, borders and people:…** — 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 (country, countries); adjective (country — of the countryside)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A land with its own government, borders and people: "Canada is a big country." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/country/#m1)

2) "The country" means the countryside — areas with farms and fields, outside towns. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/country/#m2)

3) The people of a nation: "The whole country watched." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/country/#m3)

4) Country music, a kind of music from the southern USA. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/country/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Prophets it also names a region, as the "hill-country" of Ephraim or Judah, a highland area of the land of Israel. In the primary lessons: In geography: countries have capitals, flags and borders; the UK has four countries (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland); the USA has 50 states; Australia has states and territories. In everyday life: life in the country versus the city. Phrases: in the country, home country, country music, across the country, countryside.

### examples

- 'The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly with us, and took us for spies of the country. (Torah GEN.42.30, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/country/#x1)
- And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph to buy corn; because the famine was sore in all the earth. (Torah GEN.41.57, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/country/#x2)
- But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son, even for Isaac.' (Torah GEN.24.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/country/#x3)
- And in the hill-country: Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh; (Prophets JOS.15.48, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/country/#x4)
- Now there was a man of the hill-country of Ephraim, whose name was Micah. (Prophets JDG.17.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/country/#x5)
- And these are their names: The son of Hur, in the hill-country of Ephraim; (Prophets 1KI.4.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/country/#x6)
- Canada is the second-biggest country in the world. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/country/#x7)
- Ireland is a country in Europe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/country/#x8)
- We live in the country, near a farm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/country/#x9)
- Which country were you born in? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/country/#x10)
- Each country has its own flag. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/country/#x11)
- The whole country cheered for the team. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/country/#x12)
- New Zealand is a country of two main islands. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/country/#x13)
- Grandpa likes country music. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/country/#x14)

### note

Plural "countries" (y → ies). A continent is bigger than a country: Australia is both a country and a continent. Don't confuse "country" with "county" (a part of a country, like counties in Ireland or England).

### In the corpora

- [And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph to buy corn; because the famine was sore in all the earth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1359/)
- ['The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly with us, and took us for spies of the country.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1391/)
- [And Joshua smote them from Kadesh-barnea even unto Gaza, and all the country of Goshen, even unto Gibeon.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.263/)
- [And in the hill-country: Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.414/)
- [Now there was a man of the hill-country of Ephraim, whose name was Micah.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.504/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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