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# couple

«couple» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **2 people who are together, like a married pair** — 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 (couple, couples); verb (couple, coupled — to join)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A couple is 2 people who are together, like a married pair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/couple/#m1)

2) A couple of things means two of them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/couple/#m2)

3) In everyday talk, «a couple of» can mean a few. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/couple/#m3)

4) To couple is to join two things, like train cars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/couple/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Exodus it means to join things together. Interpretation: The curtains of the tabernacle were joined into one tent. Tradition sees in this that many parts form one dwelling for God's presence. In the primary lessons: maths: two people, or two things; «a couple of» usually means 2; one couple = 2 people, so people = 2 × couples; everyday life: a couple of minutes, a couple of friends; stories: an old couple, a newly married couple

### examples

- And he coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves. (Torah EXO.36.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/couple/#x1)
- And he made fifty clasps of brass to couple the tent together, that it might be one. (Torah EXO.36.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/couple/#x2)
- And he coupled five curtains one to another; and the other five curtains he coupled one to another. (Torah EXO.36.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/couple/#x3)
- But the man would not tarry that night, but he rose up and departed, and came over against Jebus — the same is Jerusalem; and there were with him a couple of asses saddled; his concubine also was with him. (Prophets JDG.19.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/couple/#x4)
- A couple bought 2 tickets each. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/couple/#x5)
- There are 8 couples at the dance, so 16 people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/couple/#x6)
- She ate a couple of cookies. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/couple/#x7)
- Each couple brought a dish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/couple/#x8)
- I'll be ready in a couple of minutes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/couple/#x9)
- An old couple lives next door. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/couple/#x10)
- The couple danced together. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/couple/#x11)
- The train cars are coupled together. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/couple/#x12)
- The couple had one boy called Jem. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/couple/#x13)

### note

A hidden number: one couple = 2 people, so people = 2 × couples. Trap: «a couple of» in everyday talk can mean a few, but in maths problems take it as 2.

### In the corpora

- [Five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and the other five curtains shall be coupled one to another.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.743/)
- [And he coupled five curtains one to another; and the other five curtains he coupled one to another.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.1092/)
- [And he made fifty clasps of gold, and coupled the curtains one to another with the clasps; so the tabernacle was one.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.1095/)
- [And he coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.1098/)
- [And he made fifty clasps of brass to couple the tent together, that it might be one.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.1100/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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