[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/hour.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/) / hour

[← H](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/H/)

# hour

«hour» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a length of time; it has sixty minutes** — 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 (hour, hours; casual: hrs, hr)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An hour is a length of time; it has sixty minutes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hour/#m1)

2) An hour can mean a time of day: «at this hour». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hour/#m2)

3) Hours can mean the time when something is open or when someone works: «school hours». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hour/#m3)

4) (casual) «Hours» can mean a long time, not counted: «I waited for hours!»; «hrs» and «hr» are short forms in texts and timetables. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hour/#m4)

5) (casual) «The small hours» are the hours after midnight; «on the hour» means at 1:00, 2:00 and so on. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hour/#m5)

6) (formal) Exams and notices say «per hour», «hourly», «a duration of», «hours of operation» and «elapsed time». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hour/#m6)

### sense in the lessons

Interpretation: The Sefer Yetzirah takes the seven days with their hours as parts of the creation, with the seventh day, Shabbat, as the most beloved. In the primary lessons: sixty minutes; a unit of time: N hours = N × 60 minutes; a day has 24 hours; speed is often given per hour; phrases: «an hour», «half an hour», «hours and hours», «rush hour», «opening hours», «per hour», «on the hour», «after hours»; in casual talk «took hours», «back in an hr», «like an hour ago»; in rough talk «I've been waiting a bloody hour»; in the exam voice «the elapsed duration in hours», «at a uniform rate of 60 kilometres per hour», «hours of operation»

### examples

- With them He carved the Seven Firmaments and the Seven Earths and the Seven Hours; for this reason, He loved the Seventh Day more than any object under the heavens. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hour/#x1)
- and whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.' (Writings DAN.3.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hour/#x2)
- In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaster of the wall of the king's palace; and the king saw the palm of the hand that wrote. (Writings DAN.5.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hour/#x3)
- How many minutes are in 3 hours? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hour/#x4)
- Max sleeps 9 hours each night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hour/#x5)
- An hour has 60 minutes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hour/#x6)
- A day has 24 hours. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hour/#x7)
- The car drove at 60 kilometres per hour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hour/#x8)
- The roads are busy at rush hour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hour/#x9)
- We waited for half an hour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hour/#x10)
- The bus comes every hour, on the hour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hour/#x11)
- back in an hr, chicken's in the oven [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hour/#x12)
- I've been waiting a bloody hour for this bus! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hour/#x13)
- A vehicle proceeds at a uniform rate of 60 kilometres per hour for a duration of 3 hours. Compute the distance travelled. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hour/#x14)
- The library's hours are 9 to 5. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hour/#x15)
- He waited one hour, two hours. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hour/#x16)

### note

An hour is 60 minutes. A day is 24 hours. N hours = N × 60 minutes. Hours are added and subtracted like counts. «for hours» in talk means a long time, not a number. «hourly» means once every hour. Grammar: «an hour» (the h is silent). Trap: «hour» and «our» sound the same.

### In the corpora

- [and whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.79/)
- [Shops, hospitals, buses and factories need people at all hours, so their workers follow a rota that can change every week.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/2-shifts-nights-and-other-ways-of-working/1/)
- [Overtime is working extra hours beyond the normal ones; sometimes it is paid at a higher rate, sometimes not paid at all.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/2-shifts-nights-and-other-ways-of-working/8/)
- [Labour can take many hours, so a grandparent or friend often comes to look after the older children.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/18-were-having-a-baby/15/)
- [A newborn baby needs feeding every two or three hours, day and night, because its stomach is tiny.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/19-a-new-baby-in-the-house/6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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