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# just

«just» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **exactly: «just right», «just 2 metres»** — 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

adverb (just); adjective (just — fair)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Just means exactly: «just right», «just 2 metres». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/just/#m1)

2) Just means only: «just 3 dollars», «just one more». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/just/#m2)

3) Just means a very short time ago: «he has just left». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/just/#m3)

4) Just means barely: «just in time», «just enough». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/just/#m4)

5) Just (adjective) means fair and right: «a just king». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/just/#m5)

6) (casual) «Just» softens or fills: «I just think…», «just saying»; «just kidding» means I was joking. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/just/#m6)

7) (casual, rough) «Just» makes an order sharper: «just shut up», «just do it», «just split 'em». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/just/#m7)

8) (formal) «Merely», «precisely», «solely» and «equitable» (fair) are stiff words for just. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/just/#m8)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Torah "just" mostly means fair and honest, as in just weights and balances. In Job it also means being in the right, or righteous, before God. Interpretation: Tradition teaches honest scales and measures as a basic law. Cheating in business is seen as a serious sin against God. Job's friends ask whether any human can be righteous before God, a question the book explores. In the primary lessons: In school maths: a small word that marks «only» or «exactly», or a change that has just happened; «just enough» means nothing left over. In everyday life: «just a minute», «just kidding», «I was just going to...». In stories: a just ruler is fair to everyone. In casual talk: «just saying», «jk» (just kidding). In the exam voice: «precisely 2 metres», «a mere 3 dollars», «an equitable distribution». Phrases: «just in time», «just enough», «just now», «just about», «just like», «just in case».

### examples

- The Rock, His work is perfect; for all His ways are justice; a God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and right is He. (Torah DEU.32.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/just/#x1)
- Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt. (Torah LEV.19.36, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/just/#x2)
- A perfect and just weight shalt thou have; a perfect and just measure shalt thou have; that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. (Torah DEU.25.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/just/#x3)
- 'Shall mortal man be just before God? (Writings JOB.4.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/just/#x4)
- How then can man be just with God? (Writings JOB.25.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/just/#x5)
- And wilt thou condemn Him that is just and mighty — (Writings JOB.34.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/just/#x6)
- She has just 3 dollars left. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/just/#x7)
- He just bought 5 pens. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/just/#x8)
- There is just enough cake for 8 children. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/just/#x9)
- It is just 2 metres long. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/just/#x10)
- We got to the station just in time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/just/#x11)
- The porridge was just right. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/just/#x12)
- Wait just a minute, please. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/just/#x13)
- The judge was wise and just. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/just/#x14)
- just kidding, i've got 4 not 2 lol (casual) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/just/#x15)
- Sod it, just split 'em, 3 each. (rough) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/just/#x16)
- Just do your homework and stop moaning. (rough) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/just/#x17)
- The cake is divided equitably among 8 children such that precisely no portion remains; determine the original number of slices given 3 per child. (formal exam) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/just/#x18)
- The girls arrived just in time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/just/#x19)

### note

«Just» goes before the main verb: «I have just finished». «Justice» is the noun of the fair sense. Maths: «just enough» means no leftover (exact division). «Just» = «only» does not change the number. Trap: do not read «just» as a sign to add or subtract. Trap: «just kidding» means the number before it was not real — use the corrected one. Formal «merely» = just (only); «precisely» = just (exactly); «equitable» = just (fair).

### In the corpora

- [The way of the just is straight; Thou, Most Upright, makest plain the path of the just.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.529/)
- [And there is no God else beside Me, a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside Me.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1025/)
- [Didst thou not just now cry unto Me: 'My father, Thou art the friend of my youth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.74/)
- [But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right,](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.407/)
- [Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.1213/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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