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# language

«language» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **the words that people use to speak and write, like…** — 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 (language, languages)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A language is the words that people use to speak and write, like English, French or Spanish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/language/#m1)

2) Language is the way people talk and use words in general. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/language/#m2)

3) Sign language uses hand signs instead of spoken words. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/language/#m3)

4) A computer language is a set of words and rules for telling a computer what to do. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/language/#m4)

5) Bad language means rude words. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/language/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

Interpretation: The story of Babel tells how one language was split into many. Jewish tradition often calls Hebrew the "holy tongue", through which God created the world. In Daniel the "peoples, nations and languages" are read as the whole world, and in Psalm 114 Egypt's "strange language" shows how foreign the place was to Israel. In the primary lessons: pupils or people sorted by the languages they speak; books in each language; in school: English language lessons, learning a foreign language; in everyday life: many families speak two languages at home; phrases: «first language», «foreign language», «body language», «sign language», «mind your language»

### examples

- And the whole earth was of one language and of one speech. (Torah GEN.11.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/language/#x1)
- Come, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.' (Torah GEN.11.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/language/#x2)
- And the LORD said: 'Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language; and this is what they begin to do; and now nothing will be withholden from them, which they purpose to do. (Torah GEN.11.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/language/#x3)
- And the herald cried aloud: 'To you it is commanded, O peoples, nations, and languages, (Writings DAN.3.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/language/#x4)
- When Israel came forth out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language; (Writings PSA.114.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/language/#x5)
- 'Nebuchadnezzar the king, unto all peoples, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; peace be multiplied unto you. (Writings DAN.3.31, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/language/#x6)
- 12 children speak two languages. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/language/#x7)
- The class learns 1 new language. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/language/#x8)
- 15 pupils study French and 10 study German. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/language/#x9)
- How many speak both languages? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/language/#x10)
- In Canada, people speak English and French. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/language/#x11)
- Sam's first language is Spanish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/language/#x12)
- Our deaf friend taught us some sign language. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/language/#x13)
- His body language showed he was nervous. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/language/#x14)
- Python is a computer language. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/language/#x15)
- Please don't use bad language in class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/language/#x16)
- Every one speaks these words in his own language. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/language/#x17)

### note

Counted groups; trap: some people can be in both groups, so do not just add (all = first + second − both). Names of languages start with a capital letter: English, Irish, Maori. Countable: a language, two languages.

### In the corpora

- [And the whole earth was of one language and of one speech.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.279/)
- [Come, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.285/)
- [When Israel came forth out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.2083/)
- [And the herald cried aloud: 'To you it is commanded, O peoples, nations, and languages,](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.77/)
- ["Large language model" means a huge program that has learned the patterns of how words are used.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/2-guessing-the-next-word/6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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