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# dance

«dance» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **to move your body to music** — 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 (dance, dances, danced, dancing); noun (a dance, dances; dance — the art)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To dance is to move your body to music. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dance/#m1)

2) A dance is one set of steps, like a waltz or a tap dance. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dance/#m2)

3) A dance is also a party where people dance. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dance/#m3)

4) Dance is the art of dancing, like ballet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dance/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Dance was a joyful way to praise God, as when Miriam and the women danced with tambourines after crossing the sea. Interpretation: Miriam is called a prophetess, and the rabbis see the women's joy as a model of praise. Joyful dancing remains part of Jewish festivals, such as Simchat Torah. In the primary lessons: maths: an event with tickets or people, or a lesson time; dance classes often have a time each week (total time = time per class × classes); PE: dance lessons; everyday life: school dances, dancing at weddings; culture: dances from many countries; science: bees do a dance to show where flowers are

### examples

- And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. (Torah EXO.15.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dance/#x1)
- Rotation; from חָלֹל to dance round. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dance/#x2)
- As it were a dance of two companies. (Writings SNG.7.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dance/#x3)
- And they danced in halting wise about the altar which was made. (Prophets 1KI.18.26, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dance/#x4)
- And whether they sing or dance, all my thoughts are in Thee. (Writings PSA.87.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dance/#x5)
- Tickets to the school dance cost $5. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dance/#x6)
- She dances for 2 hours every Saturday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dance/#x7)
- 30 children came to the dance. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dance/#x8)
- Each dance lasts 4 minutes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dance/#x9)
- We learned a new dance in PE. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dance/#x10)
- Bees dance to tell other bees where flowers are. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dance/#x11)
- They danced all night at the wedding. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dance/#x12)
- She goes to ballet dance class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dance/#x13)
- "I don't like dancing," he said. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dance/#x14)

### note

A word of the story; the numbers are people, time or money. Trap: none special. Drop the e before -ing: dancing.

### In the corpora

- [And David danced before the LORD with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.166/)
- [And they danced in halting wise about the altar which was made.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.677/)
- [And whether they sing or dance, all my thoughts are in Thee.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1538/)
- [Let them praise His name in the dance; let them sing praises unto Him with the timbrel and harp.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.2684/)
- [Praise Him with the timbrel and dance; praise Him with stringed instruments and the pipe.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.2694/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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