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# eleven

«eleven» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **the number 11, one more than ten** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

number (eleven, 11)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Eleven is the number 11, one more than ten. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/eleven/#m1)

2) A team of eleven players is called an eleven, as in football and cricket. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/eleven/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Interpretation: In Jewish tradition eleven curtains of goats' hair covered the Tabernacle, a tent that was a house for God. Later writers link eleven to the spices used in the incense. In the primary lessons: maths: a number of things counted; 11 is a prime number; 11 × 11 = 121; everyday life: eleven o'clock, football and cricket teams have eleven players

### examples

- It is eleven days journey from Horeb unto Kadesh-barnea by the way of mount Seir. (Torah DEU.1.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/eleven/#x1)
- And on the third day eleven bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs of the first year without blemish; (Torah NUM.29.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/eleven/#x2)
- And he made curtains of goats' hair for a tent over the tabernacle; eleven curtains he made them. (Torah EXO.36.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/eleven/#x3)
- and Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh; eleven cities with their villages. (Prophets JOS.15.51, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/eleven/#x4)
- Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem; (Writings 2CH.36.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/eleven/#x5)
- Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Zebudah the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah. (Prophets 2KI.23.36, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/eleven/#x6)
- Eleven players are on the team. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/eleven/#x7)
- She has eleven coins. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/eleven/#x8)
- Eleven plus four is fifteen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/eleven/#x9)
- He is eleven years old. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/eleven/#x10)
- We have lunch at eleven thirty. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/eleven/#x11)
- Eleven is an odd number. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/eleven/#x12)
- Eleven can only be divided by 1 and 11. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/eleven/#x13)
- There were eleven of them altogether. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/eleven/#x14)

### note

A number written as a word: 11. Trap: none. Spelling: e-l-e-v-e-n.

### Trees and pragmatics

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