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# fortieth

«fortieth» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **Coming as number 40 in a row or order** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

ordinal number, adjective (fortieth); noun (a fortieth, fortieths)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Coming as number 40 in a row or order. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fortieth/#m1)

2) (maths) One of forty equal parts of something, written 1/40. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fortieth/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Interpretation: Forty is a number of testing and change in the Torah, as in the forty years in the wilderness. In the primary lessons: In maths it is the ordinal of 40 and a fraction: one fortieth = 1/40 = 0.025. In family life it is used for birthdays and anniversaries: «Mum's fortieth». Phrases: fortieth birthday, fortieth anniversary, one fortieth.

### examples

- And Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the one and fortieth year of his reign. (Writings 2CH.16.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fortieth/#x1)
- In the fortieth year of the reign of David they were sought for, and there were found among them mighty men of valour at Jazer of Gilead. (Writings 1CH.26.31, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fortieth/#x2)
- We had a surprise party for Mum's fortieth birthday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fortieth/#x3)
- He finished fortieth in the cross-country race. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fortieth/#x4)
- One fortieth of 80 is 2. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fortieth/#x5)
- Our town is having its fortieth summer fair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fortieth/#x6)
- The fortieth day after Easter is when Christians remember Jesus going up to heaven. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fortieth/#x7)
- Four fortieths equal one tenth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fortieth/#x8)

### note

Short form: 40th. Spelling trap: forty and fortieth have NO u (not «fourty»). Three syllables: FOR-tee-eth. As a fraction 1/40: divide by 40.

### In the corpora

- [And Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the one and fortieth year of his reign.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.347/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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