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# interpretation

«interpretation» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **An explanation of what something means** — 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 (an interpretation, interpretations)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An explanation of what something means. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/interpretation/#m1)

2) The way an actor, musician or artist performs or shows something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/interpretation/#m2)

3) Turning spoken words from one language into another. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/interpretation/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Genesis it is the meaning of a dream. Interpretation: Joseph's interpretations of dreams show he is wise, and he says they come from God. Later, interpreting Torah became a central Jewish practice. In the primary lessons: In reading and history lessons pupils give their interpretation of a poem or a source. In maths and science: interpretation of a graph or data — saying what it shows. In music and drama: a new interpretation of a song. Interpreters translate speech.

### examples

- And Joseph answered and said: 'This is the interpretation thereof: the three baskets are three days; (Torah GEN.40.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/interpretation/#x1)
- And Joseph said unto him: 'This is the interpretation of it: the three branches are three days; (Torah GEN.40.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/interpretation/#x2)
- And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream. (Torah GEN.41.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/interpretation/#x3)
- Now let Daniel be called, and he will declare the interpretation.' (Writings DAN.5.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/interpretation/#x4)
- So he told me, and made me know the interpretation of the things: (Writings DAN.7.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/interpretation/#x5)
- Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? (Writings ECC.8.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/interpretation/#x6)
- What is your interpretation of the poem? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/interpretation/#x7)
- Write an interpretation of the bar chart. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/interpretation/#x8)
- Each actor gave a different interpretation of the king. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/interpretation/#x9)
- The rule is open to interpretation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/interpretation/#x10)
- The interpretation of the dream was strange. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/interpretation/#x11)
- Sign language interpretation was given at the concert. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/interpretation/#x12)
- It seems to me to be to a certain extent allegorical, albeit such an interpretation may be unreasonable. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/interpretation/#x13)

### note

Countable. Verb: interpret; person: interpreter. In maths, «interpretation» questions ask what the numbers mean in real life, not only to read them.

### In the corpora

- [And Joseph said unto him: 'This is the interpretation of it: the three branches are three days;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1285/)
- [And Joseph answered and said: 'This is the interpretation thereof: the three baskets are three days;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1291/)
- [And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1309/)
- [Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/ECC.152/)
- [This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.60/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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