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# difficulty

«difficulty» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **to do or understand (the level of difficulty)** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a difficulty, difficulties; also uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) How hard something is to do or understand (the level of difficulty). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/difficulty/#m1)

2) A problem or a thing that is hard to deal with. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/difficulty/#m2)

3) Trouble or worry, especially about money («in difficulty», «financial difficulties»). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/difficulty/#m3)

4) «With difficulty»: in a way that takes a lot of effort. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/difficulty/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In school, the difficulty of questions or levels; in sport and games, difficulty settings. In stories, characters face difficulties. In safety, a swimmer in difficulty needs help. Phrases: «have difficulty (in) doing», «with difficulty», «in difficulty», «without difficulty».

### examples

- Some late editors to cover the difficulty of this passage, have given SPR, SPUR, SIPR, pointing them to read Separ, Seepur, Saypar. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/difficulty/#x1)
- Rittangelius always gives " praeter illud ineffabile." Pistorius gives '* praeter ineffabile." Postellus evades the difficulty and simply puts the word Belimah into his Latin trans- lation. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/difficulty/#x2)
- I therefore hope that the candid reader will consider the great difficulties I had to overcome in this still unbeaten way of the ancient Jewish spiritual region, and will receive with indulgence this new contribution to archaeological knowledge. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/difficulty/#x3)
- The questions go up in difficulty. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/difficulty/#x4)
- I had difficulty finding the answer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/difficulty/#x5)
- He climbed the tree with difficulty. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/difficulty/#x6)
- The lifeguard helped a swimmer in difficulty. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/difficulty/#x7)
- The family faced many difficulties. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/difficulty/#x8)
- She passed the test without difficulty. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/difficulty/#x9)
- The game has three difficulty levels: easy, medium and hard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/difficulty/#x10)
- The difficulty is which one to choose. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/difficulty/#x11)

### note

Countable (difficulties = problems) and uncountable (difficulty = how hard). «Have difficulty + -ing»: I have difficulty reading. Adjective «difficult». In safety: if someone is in difficulty in water, call for help and do not jump in yourself.

### In the corpora

- [Computer players in games are AI opponents, usually with difficulty levels that people set.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/19-ai-in-one-ordinary-day/11/)
- [«The Queen had only one way of settling all difficulties, great or small.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/16-alice-the-queens-croquet-ground-2/21/)
- [Dyslexia is a lasting difficulty with reading and spelling; only a specialist can identify it, never from one mistake.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/3-tricky-words-and-common-exception-words/26/)
- ["Learning difficulties" is the British official term for an intellectual disability.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/5-drink-mind-and-body/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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