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# fourscore

«fourscore» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **Eighty years, an old way of saying four times twenty** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun

### meaning for a pupil

Eighty years, an old way of saying four times twenty. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fourscore/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It is an old English way to say eighty. Interpretation: Long life in the Torah is read as a sign of blessing, and Isaac's 180 years are noted among the fathers.

### examples

- And the days of Isaac were a hundred and fourscore years. (Torah GEN.35.28, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fourscore/#x1)
- And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram. (Torah GEN.16.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fourscore/#x2)
- even those that were numbered of them, were eight thousand and five hundred and fourscore. (Torah NUM.4.48, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fourscore/#x3)
- And the land had rest fourscore years. (Prophets JDG.3.30, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fourscore/#x4)
- The men of Beth-lehem and Netophah, a hundred fourscore and eight. (Writings NEH.7.26, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fourscore/#x5)
- There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and maidens without number. (Writings SNG.6.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fourscore/#x6)

### note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

### In the corpora

- [And of the sons of Shephatiah, Zebadiah the son of Michael; and with him fourscore males.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EZR.197/)
- [of the sons of Hebron: Eliel the chief, and his brethren fourscore;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/1CH.601/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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