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# evening

«evening» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **the time at the end of the day, after the afternoon and…** — 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 (evening, evenings)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The evening is the time at the end of the day, after the afternoon and before night, from about 6 o'clock until bedtime. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/evening/#m1)

2) An evening can also be an event at that time, like a parents' evening. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/evening/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Torah the day begins at evening, so "evening and morning" make one day. Interpretation: Because of this verse, the Jewish day, the Sabbath and the festivals begin at nightfall and last until the next nightfall. In the primary lessons: maths: a part of the day; amounts in the morning and evening often add up for the day; time after noon (pm); everyday life: dinner, homework, bath time; school: parents' evening; phrases: «good evening», «this evening», «in the evening»

### examples

- And there was evening and there was morning, one day. (Torah GEN.1.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/evening/#x1)
- And there was evening and there was morning, a second day. (Torah GEN.1.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/evening/#x2)
- And there was evening and there was morning, a third day. (Torah GEN.1.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/evening/#x3)
- And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days. (Prophets 1SA.17.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/evening/#x4)
- Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening. (Writings PSA.104.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/evening/#x5)
- Betwixt morning and evening they are shattered; they perish for ever without any regarding it. (Writings JOB.4.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/evening/#x6)
- She read 10 pages in the morning and 15 in the evening. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/evening/#x7)
- The shop closes at 8 in the evening. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/evening/#x8)
- He runs 2 km every evening. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/evening/#x9)
- How many in all each day? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/evening/#x10)
- Good evening, everyone! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/evening/#x11)
- We eat dinner in the evening. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/evening/#x12)
- There is a parents' evening at school on Thursday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/evening/#x13)
- The evening sky turned pink. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/evening/#x14)
- Toward evening they started for home. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/evening/#x15)

### note

Marks time; morning plus evening amounts add for the day. Trap: 8 in the evening is 20:00 or 8 pm. «Evening» is not «evening out» (making even).

### In the corpora

- [And there was evening and there was morning, one day.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.5/)
- [And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.9/)
- [And there was evening and there was morning, a third day.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.14/)
- [And there was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.20/)
- [And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.24/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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