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# forever

«forever» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **For all time, with no end: «I'll love you forever»** — 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

adverb (forever; UK also «for ever»)

### meaning for a pupil

1) For all time, with no end: «I'll love you forever». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/forever/#m1)

2) Informal: for a very long time: «The queue took forever». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/forever/#m2)

3) Again and again, all the time: «He's forever losing his keys». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/forever/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It often means for all future generations, as in "a statute forever," a law that is to last for as long as the people exist. Interpretation: Tradition reads "statute forever" as a lasting commandment. In Sefer Yetzirah, God ruling "forever and ever" speaks of the One God who is beyond time. In the primary lessons: In stories: «happily ever after», «friends forever». In science: some things change slowly but nothing on Earth stays exactly the same forever — mountains wear down, stars burn out. In everyday talk: «It took forever» means it was very slow. Phrases: forever and ever, take forever, gone forever, best friends forever, last forever.

### examples

- 'Drink no wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tent of meeting, that ye die not; it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations. (Torah LEV.10.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/forever/#x1)
- covenant with bini and with his seed forever. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/forever/#x2)
- The only One Master, God, the faithful King, rules over them from His holy abode forever and ever. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/forever/#x3)
- We'll be best friends forever. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/forever/#x4)
- Dinosaurs are gone forever. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/forever/#x5)
- The car journey took forever. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/forever/#x6)
- Plastic can stay in the ocean almost forever. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/forever/#x7)
- He's forever forgetting his lunch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/forever/#x8)
- I wish summer would last forever. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/forever/#x9)
- Once you delete it, it may be gone forever. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/forever/#x10)
- Things you post online can stay there forever. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/forever/#x11)
- Yes, he is forever following people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/forever/#x12)

### note

One word in US English; UK English uses both «forever» and «for ever». «Took forever» is an exaggeration, not a real time. In online safety: posts and photos can last forever even if you delete them.

### In the corpora

- [A surprise ends soon and makes someone happy; a bad secret is meant to be kept forever.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/60-reasoning-about-people/12/)
- [Death means the body has stopped working forever; it is not sleep, and the person cannot come back.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/97-moving-change-and-grief/13/)
- [Death means the body has stopped working forever, and the person cannot come back.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/214-family-changes-and-grief/14/)
- [Death means the body has stopped working forever; the person or animal cannot come back.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/292-jealousy-boredom-pride-and-hard-moments/9/)
- [Death means the body has stopped working forever and cannot start again; it is not the same as sleeping.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/292-jealousy-boredom-pride-and-hard-moments/19/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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