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# matter

«matter» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **what everything is made of; all things that take up space…** — 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 (matter, matters); verb (matter, matters, mattered, mattering)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Matter is what everything is made of; all things that take up space and have mass are matter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/matter/#m1)

2) A matter is a subject or problem to deal with: a serious matter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/matter/#m2)

3) To matter is to be important: your feelings matter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/matter/#m3)

4) «What's the matter?» asks what is wrong. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/matter/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Torah "matter" often means a thing, an issue, or a legal case, and also "word" in some places. Hard cases were brought to Moses, and small ones were judged by others. Interpretation: The rabbis took this to show that Israel needed a system of judges at different levels. Moses took the hard cases to God. In the primary lessons: In maths problems it is a word of the story or of the explanation only; «the order does not matter» means it is adding or multiplying (you can swap the numbers). In science matter comes in solids, liquids and gases. In everyday life: «It doesn't matter» (it is not important), «no matter what», «as a matter of fact».

### examples

- And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and swore to him concerning this matter. (Torah GEN.24.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/matter/#x1)
- And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves. (Torah EXO.18.26, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/matter/#x2)
- Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not; for I will not justify the wicked. (Torah EXO.23.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/matter/#x3)
- Were thy harlotries a small matter, (Prophets EZK.16.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/matter/#x4)
- Here is the end of the matter. (Writings DAN.7.28, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/matter/#x5)
- And David said unto him: 'How went the matter? (Prophets 2SA.1.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/matter/#x6)
- It does not matter which order you add. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/matter/#x7)
- No matter how you count, there are 12. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/matter/#x8)
- What is the matter with the sum? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/matter/#x9)
- What's the matter? You look sad. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/matter/#x10)
- Everything around us is made of matter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/matter/#x11)
- Solids, liquids and gases are states of matter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/matter/#x12)
- It doesn't matter if you lose, just have fun. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/matter/#x13)
- Every vote matters. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/matter/#x14)
- As a matter of fact, I've already finished. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/matter/#x15)
- “O Peter, you know it matters.” [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/matter/#x16)

### note

Science sense is uncountable (matter); the «subject» sense is countable (matters). Regular verb: mattered. «No matter» = whatever, however. Maths: no clue about the quantities. In explanations «the order does not matter» means it is adding or multiplying, not subtracting or dividing.

### In the corpora

- [And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and swore to him concerning this matter.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.629/)
- [And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.526/)
- [Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not; for I will not justify the wicked.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.654/)
- [Now they that died by the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, besides them that died about the matter of Korah.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.658/)
- [But the lad knew not any thing; only Jonathan and David knew the matter.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.617/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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