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# house

«house» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a building where a family lives** — 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 (house, houses); verb (house, houses, housed — to give a place to live)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A house is a building where a family lives. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/house/#m1)

2) A house can mean the people in it: «The whole house woke up». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/house/#m2)

3) In some schools, a house is a team that pupils belong to. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/house/#m3)

4) To house is to give a place to live or keep: «The museum houses old toys». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/house/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Here house often means a family or line of descendants, as in "the house of his father". It can also mean a dwelling place for God. Interpretation: "House of Israel" means the whole people. The Tabernacle, later the Temple, is called God's house, where God's presence dwells. In the primary lessons: a place in a story (rooms, windows) or a group: houses on a street, each with some things; houses × things each; phrases: «at my house», «house number», «tree house», «house points», «on the house» (free)

### examples

- And now when shall I provide for mine own house also?' (Torah GEN.30.30, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/house/#x1)
- And he was honoured above all the house of his father. (Torah GEN.34.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/house/#x2)
- and for the leprosy of a garment, and for a house; (Torah LEV.14.55, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/house/#x3)
- And Nathan departed unto his house. (Prophets 2SA.12.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/house/#x4)
- But the house of Judah followed David. (Prophets 2SA.2.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/house/#x5)
- Do I change, O house of Jacob? (Prophets MIC.2.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/house/#x6)
- There are 6 houses on the street. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/house/#x7)
- Each house has 4 windows. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/house/#x8)
- He visited 3 houses. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/house/#x9)
- How many rooms are in the house? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/house/#x10)
- We built a tree house in the garden. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/house/#x11)
- My house number is 12. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/house/#x12)
- Our house won the most points on sports day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/house/#x13)
- Know your address and how to call for help from your house. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/house/#x14)

### note

Plural: houses. A place or a group: houses × things each. Trap: count the houses or the things in them, as the question asks. Trap: a house number is a name, not an amount.

### In the corpora

- [And the princes of Pharaoh saw her, and praised her to Pharaoh; and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.328/)
- [And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.330/)
- [But the men put forth their hand, and brought Lot into the house to them, and the door they shut.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.488/)
- [For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.540/)
- [Is there room in thy father's house for us to lodge in?'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.644/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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