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# man

«man» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a grown-up male person** — 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 (man, men); verb (man, mans, manned, manning); interjection (man!)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A man is a grown-up male person. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/man/#m1)

2) Man can mean people in general (old use): «Man has walked on the Moon.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/man/#m2)

3) To man something is to work at it or be in charge of it: man the desk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/man/#m3)

4) In games, a man is a piece: a chess man. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/man/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It can mean a male, a person, or all people, as the first human in Genesis. Interpretation: Tradition sees the first human as made in God's image, and calls each person a world. In the primary lessons: In maths a man is a person in the story; men are counted in groups (men and women add to make people) or work at a rate. In everyday life: «Ladies and gentlemen», a snowman, a postman, a fireman (now often firefighter). In stories men are characters: the old man, a wise man.

### examples

- or a man that is broken-footed, or broken-handed, (Torah LEV.21.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/man/#x1)
- And the man asked him, saying: 'What seekest thou?' (Torah GEN.37.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/man/#x2)
- neither shalt thou favour a poor man in his cause. (Torah EXO.23.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/man/#x3)
- These are the men of Recah. (Writings 1CH.4.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/man/#x4)
- These things did the three mighty men. (Prophets 2SA.23.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/man/#x5)
- The men of Netophah, fifty and six. (Writings EZR.2.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/man/#x6)
- A man buys 3 shirts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/man/#x7)
- 5 men can paint a house in 4 days. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/man/#x8)
- There are 12 men and 15 women. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/man/#x9)
- How many people in all? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/man/#x10)
- The man at the shop gave me my change. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/man/#x11)
- My dad is a tall man with a beard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/man/#x12)
- We built a snowman in the garden. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/man/#x13)
- Two men manned the lifeboat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/man/#x14)
- The old man fed the ducks every morning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/man/#x15)
- THE SHIPWRECKED MAN AND THE SEA [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/man/#x16)

### note

Irregular plural: «men» (one man, two men; not «mans»). «Mankind» means all people; many now say «people» or «humankind». Many job words now avoid «-man»: firefighter, police officer, mail carrier. Maths: groups of men and women add. Trap: «men working together» may need rates, not simple adding.

### In the corpora

- [And God created man in His own image, in the image of God created He him; male and female created He them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.28/)
- [And the LORD God planted a garden eastward, in Eden; and there He put the man whom He had formed.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.41/)
- [And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.49/)
- [And the LORD God commanded the man, saying: 'Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.50/)
- [Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife, and they shall be one flesh.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.58/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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