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# making

«making» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **the act of making or forming something, as in…** — 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 (plural makings)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Making is the act of making or forming something, as in merry-makings, which are parties or festivities. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/making/#m1)

2) Makings means the things needed to make something, such as the ingredients for a cake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/making/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It is just the act of making or doing something. In the texts it can mean "doing" a thing, such as making a petition or making sport. In the primary lessons: in tales, the ingredients or materials someone needs to cook or build something

### examples

- Then these men came tumultuously, and found Daniel making petition and supplication before his God. (Writings DAN.6.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/making/#x1)
- And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne unto Abraham, making sport. (Torah GEN.21.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/making/#x2)
- And they that fall away are gone deep in making slaughter; and I am rejected of them all. (Prophets HOS.5.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/making/#x3)
- Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and making merry. (Prophets 1KI.4.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/making/#x4)
- You will not get any makings of a cake from me. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/making/#x5)
- We went out to the merry-makings in the village. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/making/#x6)
- I have the makings of a good tea here. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/making/#x7)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne unto Abraham, making sport.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.550/)
- [Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and making merry.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.156/)
- [Thus will I do unto this place, saith the LORD, and to the inhabitants thereof, even making this city as Topheth;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.544/)
- [And they that fall away are gone deep in making slaughter; and I am rejected of them all.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/HOS.60/)
- [The law of the LORD is perfect, restoring the soul; the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.272/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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