[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/force.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/) / force [← F](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/F/) # force «force» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **In science: a push or a pull that can make something…** — 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 force, forces; force — uncountable: strength); verb (force, forces, forced, forcing) ### meaning for a pupil 1) In science: a push or a pull that can make something move, stop, speed up, slow down or change shape. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/force/#m1) 2) Strength or power: «He pushed with force». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/force/#m2) 3) Verb: to make someone do something they don't want to: «Nobody can force you». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/force/#m3) 4) Verb: to use strength to open or move something: force a door open. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/force/#m4) 5) A group of people trained to work together: the police force, the air force. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/force/#m5) ### sense in the lessons In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It means strength or physical power, as with Moses' strength at his death. Interpretation: Moses' strength was unabated at 120, and tradition reads it as a gift of God. In Sefer Yetzirah the Sefirot are called forces of creation. In the primary lessons: In science: forces include gravity (pulls down), friction (slows things down), air resistance, water resistance, upthrust (pushes up in water), magnetism; forces are measured in newtons (N) with a forcemeter; balanced forces keep things still; unbalanced forces change motion. In safety: no one can force you to do something unsafe or to keep a secret that hurts. Phrases: push and pull forces, force of gravity, by force, in force (rules active), the police force, join forces, force open. ### examples - And Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated. (Torah DEU.34.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/force/#x1) - And Jacob answered and said to Laban: 'Because I was afraid; for I said: Lest thou shouldest take thy daughters from me by force. (Torah GEN.31.31, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/force/#x2) - is '' the voices from nothing." The Ten Sephiruth of the Kabalah are the " Ten Primary Emanations from the Divine Source " which are the primal forces leading to all manifestation upon every plane in succession. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/force/#x3) - Will thy riches avail, that are without stint, or all the forces of thy strength? (Writings JOB.36.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/force/#x4) - Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the stays of his body. (Writings JOB.40.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/force/#x5) - Howbeit he would not hearken unto her voice; but being stronger than she, he forced her, and lay with her. (Prophets 2SA.13.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/force/#x6) - A force is a push or a pull. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/force/#x7) - Gravity is a force that pulls things down. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/force/#x8) - Friction is a force that slows things down. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/force/#x9) - Forces are measured in newtons. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/force/#x10) - Nobody can force you to keep a bad secret. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/force/#x11) - He forced the door open. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/force/#x12) - The police force keeps people safe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/force/#x13) - The two teams joined forces to win. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/force/#x14) - Who dares to use force in my palace? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/force/#x15) ### note Countable when it means a kind of force (forces), uncountable when it means strength. Regular verb: forced (drop the e). In science a force has a size and a direction (arrows on a diagram). Myth: a moving object doesn't need a force to keep moving — it slows because of friction. ### In the corpora - [And Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.975/) - [Howbeit he would not hearken unto her voice; but being stronger than she, he forced her, and lay with her.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.354/) - [And Absalom spoke unto Amnon neither good nor bad; for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.363/) - [By the great force of my disease is my garment disfigured; it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.766/) - [Will thy riches avail, that are without stint, or all the forces of thy strength?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.958/) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every meaning and example of «force» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/force/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.