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# getting

«getting» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **Receiving or obtaining: "I'm getting a new bike."** — 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

verb (-ing form of get: get, gets, got, got/gotten, getting)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Receiving or obtaining: "I'm getting a new bike." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/getting/#m1)

2) Becoming: "It's getting dark." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/getting/#m2)

3) Arriving or moving: "We're getting home late." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/getting/#m3)

4) Understanding: "Are you getting this?" [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/getting/#m4)

5) Fetching: "She's getting the milk." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/getting/#m5)

6) "Getting on" can mean how someone is doing or managing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/getting/#m6)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Here "getting" means what a person has gained or acquired, so "the cattle of his getting" means the livestock he had acquired. In the primary lessons: In everyday speech "getting" often means "becoming": getting cold, getting better, getting older. In maths: "getting bigger" means increasing. Phrases: getting up, getting ready, getting better, getting on (well with), getting along, getting dressed.

### examples

- and he carried away all his cattle, and all his substance which he had gathered, the cattle of his getting, which he had gathered in Paddan-aram, to go to Isaac his father unto the land of Canaan. (Torah GEN.31.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/getting/#x1)
- The beginning of wisdom is: Get wisdom; yea, with all thy getting get understanding. (Writings PRO.4.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/getting/#x2)
- The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vapour driven to and fro; they that seek them seek death. (Writings PRO.21.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/getting/#x3)
- It's getting dark outside. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/getting/#x4)
- I'm getting ready for school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/getting/#x5)
- Are you getting better? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/getting/#x6)
- We're getting a puppy! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/getting/#x7)
- The ice is getting thin, so stay off. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/getting/#x8)
- She is getting good at swimming. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/getting/#x9)
- They are getting on well together. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/getting/#x10)
- He is getting up early tomorrow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/getting/#x11)
- "How's my old woman getting on?" [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/getting/#x12)

### note

Double the t: get → getting. "Gotten" is American; British usually uses "got". In maths, "getting smaller by 2 each time" means subtract 2 each step.

### In the corpora

- [The beginning of wisdom is: Get wisdom; yea, with all thy getting get understanding.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.97/)
- [The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vapour driven to and fro; they that seek them seek death.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.594/)
- [Job hunting means searching adverts and sending applications, often dozens before getting anywhere; many get no reply at all.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/3-finding-a-job-and-getting-on/5/)
- [If prices rise and pay doesn't, a person is really getting poorer each year.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/3-finding-a-job-and-getting-on/13/)
- [A welcome card from new neighbours is a friendly hello, and getting on with neighbours makes life easier.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/10-moving-house-and-renting-a-home/18/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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