[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/decide.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/) / decide [← D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/D/) # decide «decide» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **to make up your mind, to choose after thinking: I decided…** — 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 (decide, decides, decided, deciding) ### meaning for a pupil 1) To decide is to make up your mind, to choose after thinking: I decided to stay. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/decide/#m1) 2) To decide is to settle something, to make the result clear: One goal decided the game. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/decide/#m2) ### sense in the lessons Interpretation: In Sefer Yetzirah, Wind (air) "decides" between Fire and Water, as a balancing force that stands between opposites. This is the idea of a middle, or deciding, power. In the Prophets and Writings it also means to judge a case, and the tradition reads the Messiah's judging as wise and true, not just by what eyes see or ears hear. In the primary lessons: choosing between operations, such as adding or taking away («First decide: coming together or going away?»); in class decide the steps of a problem; in everyday life deciding what to eat or play; in stories a character decides what to do and that moves the plot; noun «decision» ### examples - Heat was created from Fire, and cold from Water, and satiation from Wind deciding between them. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/decide/#x1) - Three—Fire, Water, and Wind; Fire above and Water below, with Wind the edict deciding between them. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/decide/#x2) - The Second sect admitted Three great Powers ; two of them as in the first case, and a third Power whose function was to decide between (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/decide/#x3) - But to them that decide justly shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them. (Writings PRO.24.25, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/decide/#x4) - And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone.' And the king of Israel said unto him: 'So shall thy judgment be; thyself hast decided it.' (Prophets 1KI.20.40, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/decide/#x5) - And his delight shall be in the fear of the LORD; and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither decide after the hearing of his ears; (Prophets ISA.11.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/decide/#x6) - First decide: are things coming together, or going away? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/decide/#x7) - Decide what the question asks before you work. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/decide/#x8) - Tim decides to give 4 cards to Ben. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/decide/#x9) - We decided to go to the beach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/decide/#x10) - I can't decide between pizza and pasta. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/decide/#x11) - The class voted to decide the name of our fish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/decide/#x12) - One goal decided the match. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/decide/#x13) - She decided to tell the truth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/decide/#x14) - So he decided to take a wife. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/decide/#x15) ### note A study rule: decide the direction of change before calculating. No operation clue by itself. Trap: in a story «decides to give 4» is a plan; the count changes when the giving happens. Noun «decision». ### In the corpora - [But to them that decide justly shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.712/) - [A job interview is a meeting where an employer asks questions to decide whom to hire; several people usually compete for one job.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/3-finding-a-job-and-getting-on/8/) - [A "For Sale" board means the family has decided to sell the house, and selling usually takes months, not days.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/10-moving-house-and-renting-a-home/8/) - [Disagreeing is normal; talking it through is how couples decide things together.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/14-grown-ups-who-argue-and-make-up/11/) - [It fixes roads, empties bins, runs parks and libraries, and decides on planning: whether people may build big extensions.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness/3/) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every meaning and example of «decide» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/decide/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.