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# enjoy

«enjoy» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **to like doing it or to get pleasure from it** — 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 (enjoy, enjoys, enjoyed, enjoying); adjective enjoyable; noun enjoyment

### meaning for a pupil

1) To enjoy something means to like doing it or to get pleasure from it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/enjoy/#m1)

2) «Enjoy yourself» means have a good time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/enjoy/#m2)

3) To enjoy something can also mean to have something good: the town enjoys sunny weather. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/enjoy/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It means to have and use something good, such as the rewards of your work. In Ecclesiastes it is the good that a person gets from life. Interpretation: Ecclesiastes is read as saying that simple pleasures like food, drink and work are gifts of God and should be received with thanks. In the primary lessons: In everyday life people say «Enjoy your meal!» or «Enjoy the holiday!» as kind wishes. In writing and stories «enjoy» tells what characters like. In school, pupils write about what they enjoyed in a book or a trip. Phrases: enjoy yourself, enjoy doing something, enjoy your meal, really enjoy.

### examples

- For who will eat, or who will enjoy, if not I? (Writings ECC.2.25, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/enjoy/#x1)
- yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, and enjoy no good; do not all go to one place? (Writings ECC.6.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/enjoy/#x2)
- But also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy pleasure for all his labour, is the gift of God. (Writings ECC.3.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/enjoy/#x3)
- I really enjoy reading books about animals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/enjoy/#x4)
- Did you enjoy the film? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/enjoy/#x5)
- Enjoy yourselves at the party! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/enjoy/#x6)
- She enjoys swimming in the sea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/enjoy/#x7)
- We enjoyed our trip to the zoo. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/enjoy/#x8)
- Enjoy your lunch! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/enjoy/#x9)
- The cat enjoys sleeping in the sun. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/enjoy/#x10)
- It was an enjoyable day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/enjoy/#x11)
- The fox meanwhile was enjoying himself mightily. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/enjoy/#x12)

### note

After «enjoy» use the -ing form: «enjoy swimming», not «enjoy to swim». «Enjoy» needs an object or «yourself»: «We enjoyed it» or «We enjoyed ourselves», not just «We enjoyed». Regular verb: enjoyed (keep the «y»).

### In the corpora

- [There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy pleasure for his labour.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/ECC.46/)
- [For who will eat, or who will enjoy, if not I?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/ECC.48/)
- [But also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy pleasure for all his labour, is the gift of God.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/ECC.63/)
- [yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, and enjoy no good; do not all go to one place?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/ECC.116/)
- [A bit of light gossip is fun, and most grown-ups enjoy it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/53-breakfast-and-chat-shows-celebrity-gossip-on-the-sofa/7/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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