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# mocha

«mocha» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **A coffee drink made with chocolate, hot milk and espresso** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (mocha, uncountable; a mocha, mochas); adjective (mocha)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A coffee drink made with chocolate, hot milk and espresso. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mocha/#m1)

2) A kind of strong coffee, first traded from the port of Mocha in Yemen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mocha/#m2)

3) A mid-brown colour like milky coffee. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mocha/#m3)

4) A flavour mixing coffee and chocolate, as in mocha cake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mocha/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: "Rabbi Mocha" is a name here, not a drink. He is said in the text to have invented a system of vowel marks. Interpretation: Some scholars name a teacher in Palestine as the source of vowel signs for reading Hebrew. The standard tradition says the reading was handed down from Sinai. In the primary lessons: In everyday life, adults order mochas in cafés; mocha cakes and ice cream are popular. In history and geography, Mocha (also al-Mukha) in Yemen was once the world's most famous coffee port. In art and clothes, mocha is a soft brown colour. Phrases: a mocha latte, mocha brown, mocha cake.

### examples

- Ginsburg asserts that the system of vowel polluting was invented by a Rabbi Mocha in Palestine about a.d. 570, who designed it to assist his pupils. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mocha/#x1)
- Mum ordered a mocha with whipped cream. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mocha/#x2)
- A mocha has coffee and chocolate in it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mocha/#x3)
- The sofa is a mocha brown colour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mocha/#x4)
- Mocha in Yemen was a famous coffee port long ago. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mocha/#x5)
- Grandad baked a mocha cake for his birthday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mocha/#x6)
- My hot chocolate is for me; the mocha is for Dad. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mocha/#x7)
- Coffee drinks like mochas have caffeine, so they are not good for children. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mocha/#x8)

### note

Countable when it is a cup («two mochas»), uncountable for the flavour or colour. Pronounced MOK-uh (UK) or MOH-kuh (US). Note: a mocha contains caffeine. Capital M for the port in Yemen.

### Trees and pragmatics

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