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# front

«front» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **the part that is first or ahead of the rest** — 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 (the front, fronts); adjective

### meaning for a pupil

1) The front is the part that is first or ahead of the rest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/front/#m1)

2) The front of a thing is the side that faces forward or that you see first: the front of a house. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/front/#m2)

3) In front of means just before or ahead of someone or something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/front/#m3)

4) In weather, a front is where warm and cold air meet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/front/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

the start of a line; those «in front of» someone are before them; the front of a book is its cover; phrases: «in front of», «at the front», «front door», «front page», «from the front»

### examples

- And Moses and Aaron came to the front of the tent of meeting. (Torah NUM.16.43, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/front/#x1)
- And they journeyed from Almon-diblathaim, and pitched in the mountains of Abarim, in front of Nebo. (Torah NUM.33.47, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/front/#x2)
- And if his hair be fallen off from the front part of his head, he is forehead-bald; yet is he clean. (Torah LEV.13.41, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/front/#x3)
- And Saul smote the Amalekites, from Havilah as thou goest to Shur, that is in front of Egypt. (Prophets 1SA.15.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/front/#x4)
- The one crag rose up on the north in front of Michmas, and the other on the south in front of Geba. (Prophets 1SA.14.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/front/#x5)
- even to the front of the length of a hundred cubits, with the door on the north, and the breadth of fifty cubits, (Prophets EZK.42.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/front/#x6)
- How many people are in front of him? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/front/#x7)
- Anna is the 6th from the front. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/front/#x8)
- There are 4 cars in front of the bus. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/front/#x9)
- Sit at the front so you can see the board. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/front/#x10)
- Our front door is red. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/front/#x11)
- Put your name on the front of the book. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/front/#x12)
- Don't walk in front of the swings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/front/#x13)
- A cold front brings rain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/front/#x14)
- His road lay in front of a graveyard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/front/#x15)

### note

The Kth from the front has K − 1 people in front. Trap: «in front of» does not count the person. The opposite of front is back.

### In the corpora

- [And Moses and Aaron came to the front of the tent of meeting.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.652/)
- [And they journeyed from Almon-diblathaim, and pitched in the mountains of Abarim, in front of Nebo.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.1237/)
- [The one crag rose up on the north in front of Michmas, and the other on the south in front of Geba.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.333/)
- [And Saul smote the Amalekites, from Havilah as thou goest to Shur, that is in front of Egypt.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.388/)
- [Example: in a house in Brisbane, a "For Sale" board goes up out the front.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/10-moving-house-and-renting-a-home/4/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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