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# gate

«gate» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a door in a fence, hedge or wall that opens and closes** — 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 (gate, gates)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A gate is a door in a fence, hedge or wall that opens and closes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gate/#m1)

2) A gate at an airport is the place where you get on the plane. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gate/#m2)

3) A gate is an entrance where people go in, for example at a stadium or a school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gate/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: A gate is the city entrance where elders sat as judges and business was done; "thy gates" means one's towns. Interpretation: Writing God's words on the "gates" is the mitzvah of the mezuzah, fixed on the doorposts of Jewish homes and rooms. In the primary lessons: A place in the story; sometimes its width is part of a fence, or people pass through it and are counted. In safety: close the gate so a dog or a small child cannot run into the road; pool gates must stay shut. Phrases: «front gate», «school gate», «go through the gate», «gate 9».

### examples

- And thou shalt write them upon the door-posts of thy house, and upon thy gates. (Torah DEU.6.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gate/#x1)
- And thou shalt write them upon the door-posts of thy house, and upon thy gates; (Torah DEU.11.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gate/#x2)
- All these were fortified cities, with high walls, gates, and bars; beside the unwalled towns a great many. (Torah DEU.3.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gate/#x3)
- And Mordecai returned to the king's gate. (Writings EST.6.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gate/#x4)
- Then the king arose, and sat in the gate. (Prophets 2SA.19.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gate/#x5)
- Have the gates of death been revealed unto thee? (Writings JOB.38.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gate/#x6)
- The fence has a gate 1 metre wide. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gate/#x7)
- 120 people came through the gate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gate/#x8)
- Our plane leaves from gate 9. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gate/#x9)
- Each gate lets in 30 fans a minute. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gate/#x10)
- Please shut the gate so the dog stays in. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gate/#x11)
- Mum waits for me at the school gate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gate/#x12)
- The farmer opened the gate and the sheep ran into the field. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gate/#x13)
- Never climb over the pool gate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gate/#x14)

### note

A gate in a fence can be taken away from the fencing needed (perimeter minus the gate width). «Gate 9» is a name of a place, not a number to calculate with. People per minute through a gate is a rate.

### In the corpora

- [And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and spoke with the men of their city, saying:](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1076/)
- [The hangings for the one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.791/)
- [the hangings of the court, the pillars thereof, and their sockets, and the screen for the gate of the court;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.1063/)
- [The hangings for the one side of the gate were fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.1166/)
- [And thou shalt set up the court round about, and hang up the screen of the gate of the court.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.1235/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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