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# feast

«feast» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **A large, special meal with lots of food, often for a…** — 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 (a feast, feasts); verb (feast, feasts, feasted, feasting)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (noun) A large, special meal with lots of food, often for a celebration. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/feast/#m1)

2) (noun) A religious festival day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/feast/#m2)

3) (verb) To eat a lot of good food with enjoyment: «feast on». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/feast/#m3)

4) (noun) Something very enjoyable for the senses: «a feast for the eyes». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/feast/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It means a holy festival time as well as a big meal. Three feasts are commanded each year. It can also be a meal given by a person, such as a banquet for guests, and a feast-day marked by the new or full moon. Interpretation: The three feasts are Passover (Pesach), Shavuot and Sukkot, called the pilgrim festivals. Jews gathered at the Temple for them, and today they are kept with special meals and prayers. The psalm calls for the horn to be blown at the new and full moon for the feast-day, and the prophet speaks of the feasts coming round each year. In the primary lessons: In stories, kings hold feasts and banquets. In everyday life, family celebrations can be a feast. In nature: birds feast on berries. Phrases: «feast your eyes on» (look at with pleasure), «a midnight feast» (a secret snack party, popular in school stories).

### examples

- The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. (Torah EXO.34.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/feast/#x1)
- And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink. (Torah GEN.26.30, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/feast/#x2)
- Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto Me in the year. (Torah EXO.23.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/feast/#x3)
- Add ye year to year, let the feasts come round! (Prophets ISA.29.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/feast/#x4)
- And David made Abner and the men that were with him a feast. (Prophets 2SA.3.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/feast/#x5)
- Blow the horn at the new moon, at the full moon for our feast-day. (Writings PSA.81.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/feast/#x6)
- The king held a great feast in the hall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/feast/#x7)
- We had a feast at Gran's house. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/feast/#x8)
- The birds feasted on the berries. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/feast/#x9)
- The children had a midnight feast at the sleepover. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/feast/#x10)
- The garden in spring is a feast for the eyes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/feast/#x11)
- Feast your eyes on this cake! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/feast/#x12)
- Ants feasted on the dropped jam sandwich. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/feast/#x13)
- And what a feast that was! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/feast/#x14)

### note

Countable noun. Verb usually with «on»: feast on fruit. «Feast or famine» means too much or too little. In maths, feast problems often share food equally: total ÷ guests.

### In the corpora

- [And Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.549/)
- [And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.766/)
- [And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.873/)
- [Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to the LORD.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.368/)
- [Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto Me in the year.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.662/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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