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# giant

«giant» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **an imaginary person who is enormously big and strong** — 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 (a giant, giants); adjective

### meaning for a pupil

1) In stories, a giant is an imaginary person who is enormously big and strong. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/giant/#m1)

2) Giant (adjective) means very, very large. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/giant/#m2)

3) A giant is a person, company or thing that is very important or successful, like a giant of science. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/giant/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: A very tall and strong person. The Philistine giants of Gath were killed by David and his men. Job uses it for a strong attacker. Interpretation: The tradition connects such giants to the Rephaim and to Goliath's family. The story of David stresses that faith in God can beat the strongest enemy. In the primary lessons: In stories and fairy tales (Jack and the Beanstalk, The BFG), giants are usually huge and scary or sometimes kind; they tell the reader about size, danger and courage. In science, there are giant animals and plants: blue whales, giant pandas, giant tortoises, giant squid, giant sequoias; Jupiter is a gas giant. «Giant's Causeway» in Northern Ireland is made of rock columns. Phrases: «a giant step», «giant panda», «gentle giant», «gas giant», «on the shoulders of giants».

### examples

- He breaketh me with breach upon breach; He runneth upon me like a giant. (Writings JOB.16.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/giant/#x1)
- These were born unto the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants. (Writings 1CH.20.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/giant/#x2)
- These four were born to the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants. (Prophets 2SA.21.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/giant/#x3)
- The giant lived in a castle above the clouds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/giant/#x4)
- A blue whale is a giant of the sea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/giant/#x5)
- We saw a giant tortoise at the zoo. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/giant/#x6)
- That's a giant sandwich! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/giant/#x7)
- Jupiter is a gas giant. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/giant/#x8)
- The friendly dog is a gentle giant. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/giant/#x9)
- Learning to read was a giant step for my sister. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/giant/#x10)
- The Giant's Causeway is in Northern Ireland. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/giant/#x11)
- 'Greater than who?' asked the giant. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/giant/#x12)

### note

Plural giants. Pronounced «JY-ant». Giants in stories are not real; very tall real people are just tall. «Gigantic» is the adjective meaning extremely large.

### In the corpora

- [He breaketh me with breach upon breach; He runneth upon me like a giant.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.418/)
- [These were born unto the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/1CH.749/)
- [Chatbots run on giant computers in data centres; the words appearing one by one is just how the answer is shown.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/2-guessing-the-next-word/16/)
- [In the 1933 film King Kong the giant gorilla was a small model moved by hand a tiny bit at a time.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/25-special-effects-and-stunts/10/)
- [Wetlands soak up flood water like giant sponges and let it out slowly, and reed roots trap mud and clean the water.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/11-swamps-marshes-mangroves-and-bogs/17/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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