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# footstep

«footstep» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **one step that someone takes when walking** — 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 footstep, footsteps)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A footstep is one step that someone takes when walking. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/footstep/#m1)

2) A footstep is the sound of a step. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/footstep/#m2)

3) «Follow in someone's footsteps» means do the same thing they did, such as the same job. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/footstep/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Psalms footsteps stand for a person's path in life, which God guides. Interpretation: Tradition reads the prayer to order the footsteps as asking God to keep a person's actions in line with the Torah. In the primary lessons: In stories, «footsteps» in the dark build suspense: «I heard footsteps behind me.» The phrase «follow in her mother's footsteps» means to copy a parent's path in life.

### examples

- Righteousness shall go before Him, and shall make His footsteps a way. (Writings PSA.85.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/footstep/#x1)
- Order my footsteps by Thy word; and let not any iniquity have dominion over me. (Writings PSA.119.133, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/footstep/#x2)
- Wherewith Thine enemies have taunted, O LORD, wherewith they have taunted the footsteps of Thine anointed. (Writings PSA.89.52, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/footstep/#x3)
- I heard footsteps on the stairs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/footstep/#x4)
- Her footsteps echoed in the empty hall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/footstep/#x5)
- He followed in his dad's footsteps and became a firefighter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/footstep/#x6)
- Muddy footsteps led to the kitchen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/footstep/#x7)
- The footsteps came closer and closer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/footstep/#x8)
- The baby took her first footsteps. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/footstep/#x9)
- Just then, the conversation was interrupted by approaching footsteps. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/footstep/#x10)

### note

Usually plural. «Footprint» is the mark left; «footstep» is the step or its sound.

### In the corpora

- [Thy way was in the sea, and Thy path in the great waters, and Thy footsteps were not known.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1325/)
- [Righteousness shall go before Him, and shall make His footsteps a way.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1512/)
- [Wherewith Thine enemies have taunted, O LORD, wherewith they have taunted the footsteps of Thine anointed.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1614/)
- [Order my footsteps by Thy word; and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.2298/)
- [Foley artists make everyday sounds like footsteps and rustling in a studio and match them to the film.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/24-voices-sound-and-music-in-films-and-cartoons/6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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