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# multiply

«multiply» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **to add the same number many times in one quick step; it…** — 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

verb (multiply, multiplies, multiplied, multiplying)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To multiply is to add the same number many times in one quick step; it is the operation ×: 3 multiplied by 4 is 12. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/multiply/#m1)

2) To multiply is to grow quickly in number: rabbits multiply fast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/multiply/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: "Be fruitful and multiply" is blessing and promise, and God also says He will multiply signs and wonders in Egypt. Amos mockingly tells Israel to "multiply transgression". Interpretation: The rabbis count "be fruitful and multiply" as the first commandment in the Torah, and understand it as having children. In the primary lessons: the operation × for equal groups («multiply the number of groups by the size of one group»); «times», «groups of», «rows of», «each», «every», «packs of» point to multiplying; the times tables; in science living things multiply (have many young), germs multiply in warm places

### examples

- And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; swarm in the earth, and multiply therein.' (Torah GEN.9.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/multiply/#x1)
- And I will make My covenant between Me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.' (Torah GEN.17.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/multiply/#x2)
- And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and multiply My signs and My wonders in the land of Egypt. (Torah EXO.7.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/multiply/#x3)
- He that would break me with a tempest, and multiply my wounds without cause; (Writings JOB.9.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/multiply/#x4)
- Then I said: 'I shall die with my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the phoenix; (Writings JOB.29.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/multiply/#x5)
- Come to Beth-el, and transgress, to Gilgal, and multiply transgression; and bring your sacrifices in the morning, and your tithes after three days; (Prophets AMO.4.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/multiply/#x6)
- Multiplying is adding the same number again and again: 4 + 4 + 4 = 12. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/multiply/#x7)
- Multiply 5 bags by 6 pears in each bag. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/multiply/#x8)
- There are 3 rows of 7 chairs; multiply to find all the chairs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/multiply/#x9)
- 6 multiplied by 2 is 12. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/multiply/#x10)
- Multiply the length by the width to find the area. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/multiply/#x11)
- Learn to multiply by 10 by adding a zero. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/multiply/#x12)
- Germs multiply quickly on dirty hands. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/multiply/#x13)
- Rabbits can multiply very fast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/multiply/#x14)
- Granted that each piece gives you five hundred, multiply five hundred by five. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/multiply/#x15)

### note

Multiply the number of groups by the size of one group. Trap: a total shared into groups is divide, not multiply. The order does not change the answer: 3 × 4 = 4 × 3. Any number multiplied by 0 is 0; by 1 it stays the same. Forms: multiplies, multiplied (y to i). Noun «multiplication».

### In the corpora

- [And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.149/)
- [And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them: 'Be fruitful and multiply, and replenish the earth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.218/)
- [And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; swarm in the earth, and multiply therein.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.224/)
- [And I will make My covenant between Me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.415/)
- [And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a congregation of peoples;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.828/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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