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# excel

«excel» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **to be extremely good at something, better than most others** — 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 (excel, excels, excelled, excelling); proper noun (Excel — a computer program)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To excel is to be extremely good at something, better than most others. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/excel/#m1)

2) To excel yourself is to do even better than you usually do. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/excel/#m2)

3) Excel (with a capital E) is the name of a spreadsheet program on computers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/excel/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It means to be better than others, to rise above them. In Jeremiah it is used ironically about a king who wanted fine buildings. Interpretation: Jeremiah says a king is not great because of his cedar palaces but because he does justice. Solomon's wisdom is praised as the greatest of his age. In the primary lessons: In school reports and everyday praise: «excels at maths», «excels in sport». It tells the reader someone is outstanding. Excel spreadsheets are used to make tables, sums and charts. Phrases: excel at, excel in, excel yourself.

### examples

- Shalt thou reign, because thou strivest to excel in cedar? (Prophets JER.22.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/excel/#x1)
- And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east, and all the wisdom of Egypt. (Prophets 1KI.5.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/excel/#x2)
- Again, I considered all labour and all excelling in work, that it is a man's rivalry with his neighbour. (Writings ECC.4.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/excel/#x3)
- She excels at swimming and has won many races. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/excel/#x4)
- Tom excels in maths and science. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/excel/#x5)
- You really excelled yourself with this cake! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/excel/#x6)
- The school helps every pupil excel. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/excel/#x7)
- Our class made a bar chart in Excel. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/excel/#x8)
- He excelled in the spelling test, getting full marks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/excel/#x9)
- Some people excel at music, others at sport. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/excel/#x10)
- The Goddess, to console him, said, “But you far excel in beauty and in size. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/excel/#x11)

### note

Double the «l» in excelled and excelling. Stress: ex-CEL. Adjective: excellent; noun: excellence. «Excel at» or «excel in» — both are fine.

### In the corpora

- [And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east, and all the wisdom of Egypt.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.166/)
- [Shalt thou reign, because thou strivest to excel in cedar?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.595/)
- ['Many daughters have done valiantly, but thou excellest them all.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.926/)
- [Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/ECC.30/)
- [Again, I considered all labour and all excelling in work, that it is a man's rivalry with his neighbour.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/ECC.76/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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