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# left

«left» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **still there after some has gone or been used: «Two cakes…** — 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

adjective, adverb, noun (the left); verb (leave, leaves, left, leaving)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Left means still there after some has gone or been used: «Two cakes are left». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/left/#m1)

2) Left is the past of leave: to go away from a place, or to let something stay where it is. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/left/#m2)

3) Left is a side: the side where most people wear a watch, the opposite of right. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/left/#m3)

4) The left in politics means people who want more sharing and change. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/left/#m4)

5) (euphemism) «He left us» or «she's left this world» can gently mean someone died; «let go» or «left the company» may mean lost a job. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/left/#m5)

6) (casual) «Left, right and centre» means everywhere; «out of left field» (US) means strange, unexpected. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/left/#m6)

7) (formal) Exams say «remaining», «the remainder», «residual», «outstanding» or «departed» for left. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/left/#m7)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Turning neither to the right nor the left means keeping strictly to God's commands. The priest used his left hand for the oil in cleansing a leper. Interpretation: The tradition reads going neither right nor left as keeping the path of the law exactly, without adding or subtracting. In the primary lessons: what remains with someone after things are given, eaten or lost: «How many are left» asks for the count after the losses; in reading and maps, left is a direction; phrases: «left over», «have left», «on the left», «turn left», «left behind», «leftovers»; in casual talk «got any left?», «how many he got left then?», «there's none left lol»; in rough talk «who left the bloody gate open?», «you've left me 1 chip, cheers a lot» (sarcasm); in the exam voice «ascertain the number remaining», «the residual quantity», «the outstanding balance»

### examples

- And He left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham. (Torah GEN.17.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/left/#x1)
- Why is it that ye have left the man? call him, that he may eat bread.' (Torah EXO.2.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/left/#x2)
- And the priest shall pour of the oil into the palm of his own left hand. (Torah LEV.14.26, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/left/#x3)
- Behold, I was left alone; these, where were they?' (Prophets ISA.49.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/left/#x4)
- And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two sons. (Writings RUT.1.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/left/#x5)
- And the king left ten women, that were concubines, to keep the house. (Prophets 2SA.15.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/left/#x6)
- How many apples does Tom have left? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/left/#x7)
- Anna had 10 sweets and ate 4. How many are left? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/left/#x8)
- Ben left 3 books at school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/left/#x9)
- Turn left at the post office. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/left/#x10)
- The train left at 6 o'clock. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/left/#x11)
- Write with your left hand. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/left/#x12)
- We ate the left-over pizza for lunch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/left/#x13)
- Look right, then left, then right again before you cross. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/left/#x14)
- how many he got left then, after giving 4 away? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/left/#x15)
- Oi, you've left me 1 chip, cheers a lot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/left/#x16)
- Ascertain the number of items remaining in the possession of the purchaser after 4 are consumed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/left/#x17)
- Grandpa left us last year (he died), and we miss him. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/left/#x18)

### note

«How many are left» asks for the count after the losses: subtract. «remaining», «the remainder», «residual» and «outstanding» in an exam mean left. Trap: «left» can be a side (the left hand) or a verb of going away. Trap: «he left us» may be a gentle way of saying he died. In a remainder problem, what is left over is the remainder.

### In the corpora

- [So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth; and they left off to build the city.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.286/)
- [And He left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.435/)
- [And the LORD went His way, as soon as He had left off speaking to Abraham; and Abraham returned unto his place.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.478/)
- [When Leah saw that she had left off bearing, she took Zilpah her handmaid, and gave her to Jacob to wife.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.895/)
- [(32-25) And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1024/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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