[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/flight.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/) / flight [← F](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/F/) # flight «flight» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a trip in an aeroplane: «our flight to Dublin»** — 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 (flight, flights) ### meaning for a pupil 1) A flight is a trip in an aeroplane: «our flight to Dublin». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flight/#m1) 2) Flight is flying, the act of moving through the air: «birds in flight». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flight/#m2) 3) A flight of stairs is a set of steps between two floors. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flight/#m3) 4) Flight is running away from danger: «take flight». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flight/#m4) ### sense in the lessons In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It means running away in defeat. Interpretation: Moses' song says a people could not be beaten so badly unless God had given them up. Tradition reads this as saying Israel's victories and defeats depend on its faithfulness. In the primary lessons: a trip by plane with a time, distance or ticket price; or a set of stairs with a number of steps; in science: birds, bats and insects fly with wings, planes need lift; in history: the first powered flight by the Wright brothers; in everyday life: check-in, boarding, flight times; phrases: «flight of stairs», «in flight», «take flight», «flight attendant» ### examples - How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had given them over and the LORD had delivered them up? (Torah DEU.32.30, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flight/#x1) - Madmenah is in mad flight; the inhabitants of Gebim flee to cover. (Prophets ISA.10.31, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flight/#x2) - And flight shall fail the swift, and the strong shall not exert his strength, neither shall the mighty deliver himself; (Prophets AMO.2.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flight/#x3) - and Beriah, and Shema, who were heads of fathers' houses of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who put to flight the inhabitants of Gath. (Writings 1CH.8.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flight/#x4) - The flight takes 3 hours. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flight/#x5) - A plane ticket for the flight costs 150 dollars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flight/#x6) - Each flight of stairs has 12 steps. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flight/#x7) - She climbed 4 flights of stairs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flight/#x8) - Our flight to Auckland was late. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flight/#x9) - The birds took flight when the dog barked. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flight/#x10) - The Wright brothers made the first powered flight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flight/#x11) - Fasten your seat belt during the flight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flight/#x12) - The fox took flight at the sound of the hunters. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flight/#x13) ### note Two meanings: a plane trip (time, distance, price) or a set of stairs (steps per flight, a rate). Trap: «4 flights of 12 steps» is 4 × 12 steps, not 4 + 12. Trap: a flight across time zones: the clock time changes by more or less than the flight time. ### In the corpora - [Madmenah is in mad flight; the inhabitants of Gebim flee to cover.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.249/) - [And flight shall fail the swift, and the strong shall not exert his strength, neither shall the mighty deliver himself;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/AMO.29/) - [Plane crashes and terror attacks are on the news because they are very rare; millions of flights land safely every day.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/51-scary-news-wars-disasters-and-how-to-talk-about-them/14/) - [Think of a pilot in a flight simulator: the cockpit is a model, but the skill is real.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/28-who-you-are-honest-ai/5/) - [Bumblebees warm up by shivering their flight muscles, so they can fly on cold spring mornings when honeybees cannot.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/36-insects-six-legs-ants-bees-and-wasps/17/) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every meaning and example of «flight» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flight/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.