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# east

«east» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **the direction where the sun comes up in the morning** — 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, adjective, adverb (east, East)

### meaning for a pupil

1) East is the direction where the sun comes up in the morning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/east/#m1)

2) East is opposite to west; on a map it is on the right. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/east/#m2)

3) The East can mean the countries of Asia. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/east/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: The direction of the sunrise. The Tabernacle's entrance faced east, and the east wind brought harm in Pharaoh's dream. Interpretation: In Jewish tradition the east is the direction of the sunrise and of Eden, and Jews far to the west of Jerusalem face east when praying. In the primary lessons: maths: a direction for travel; going east and west on a line (subtract to find how far from the start); coordinates and grids; geography: compass points north, east, south, west; the sun rises in the east; everyday life: east coast, east wind; phrases: «head east»

### examples

- And for the east side eastward fifty cubits. (Torah EXO.38.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/east/#x1)
- And, behold, seven ears, thin and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them. (Torah GEN.41.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/east/#x2)
- And the breadth of the court on the east side eastward shall be fifty cubits. (Torah EXO.27.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/east/#x3)
- With the east wind Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish. (Writings PSA.48.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/east/#x4)
- Shall it not utterly wither, when the east wind toucheth it? (Prophets EZK.17.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/east/#x5)
- Who hath raised up one from the east, at whose steps victory attendeth? (Prophets ISA.41.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/east/#x6)
- The bus drives 20 km east. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/east/#x7)
- He walked 3 blocks east and 2 blocks west. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/east/#x8)
- The farm is east of the town. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/east/#x9)
- How far east is she from home? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/east/#x10)
- The sun rises in the east. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/east/#x11)
- On a map, east is on the right. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/east/#x12)
- We live on the east side of the city. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/east/#x13)
- A cold wind blew from the east. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/east/#x14)

### note

Direction: east and west are opposite, so subtract to find how far from the start. Trap: east then north is not a straight line sum. Remember the compass with «Never Eat Shredded Wheat»: north, east, south, west going clockwise.

### In the corpora

- [And the name of the third river is Tigris; that is it which goeth toward the east of Asshur.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.47/)
- [And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.105/)
- [And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest toward Sephar, unto the mountain of the east.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.276/)
- [Then Jacob went on his journey, and came to the land of the children of the east.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.850/)
- [And, behold, seven ears, thin and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1303/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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