[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/greet.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/) / greet [← G](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/G/) # greet «greet» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **to say hello or welcome them when you meet** — 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 (greet, greets, greeted, greeting); noun greeting (a greeting, greetings) ### meaning for a pupil 1) To greet someone means to say hello or welcome them when you meet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/greet/#m1) 2) You can greet with words, a smile, a wave, a handshake or a hug. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/greet/#m2) 3) To greet something can mean to react to it in a certain way: the news was greeted with cheers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/greet/#m3) ### sense in the lessons In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: To ask after someone's well-being, the Hebrew being to "ask of peace" (shalom). Interpretation: Greeting with peace is a basic custom, and the sages taught to greet everyone first and warmly. David's greeting to Nabal was an offer of peace. In the primary lessons: In lessons about manners, greeting people politely is important: say «Hello» or «Good morning», look at the person and smile. Different places have different greetings, such as handshakes, waves, bows or kisses on the cheek. In stories, how a character greets someone shows if they are friendly or cold. Phrases: greet someone warmly, a friendly greeting, greeting card, season's greetings. ### examples - And David left his baggage in the hand of the keeper of the baggage, and ran to the army, and came and greeted his brethren. (Prophets 1SA.17.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/greet/#x1) - And David sent ten young men, and David said unto the young men: 'Get you up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name; (Prophets 1SA.25.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/greet/#x2) - Remember to greet your teacher when you come into the classroom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/greet/#x3) - Our dog greets us at the door by wagging its tail. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/greet/#x4) - Grandma greeted us with a big hug. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/greet/#x5) - People greet each other in different ways around the world. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/greet/#x6) - The team was greeted with cheers when they came home. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/greet/#x7) - She greeted the visitor with a smile and a handshake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/greet/#x8) - We sent Grandpa a birthday greeting card. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/greet/#x9) - It's polite to greet the shop assistant before you ask a question. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/greet/#x10) - We may be sure they were well greeted. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/greet/#x11) ### note Regular verb: greeted. Not the same as «great» (very big or very good), which sounds a little like it. Greeting a stranger politely in a shop is fine, but you do not have to go anywhere with a stranger who greets you. ### In the corpora - [Tigers greet friends with a soft puffing sound called chuffing, or prusten; they can roar too, but chuffing is for friends.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/19-the-tiger/12/) - [Elephants greet and comfort each other by touching faces and twisting their trunks together.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/21-elephants-the-trunk/12/) - [Elephants recognise old friends after years apart and greet them noisily with rumbles, ear flapping and trunk touches.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/22-elephants-families-tusks-ears-memory/15/) - [Tigers greet each other with a friendly puffing sound called chuffing, and they cannot purr like a house cat.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/136-kung-fu-panda-real-tigers-and-cranes/9/) - [One could almost stand under the other, yet they greet each other as dogs, because they are one species.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/192-dogs-from-wolves-to-hundreds-of-breeds/1/) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every meaning and example of «greet» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/greet/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.