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# nearness

«nearness» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **Being close in distance** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (nearness — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Being close in distance. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/nearness/#m1)

2) Being close in time, as in "the nearness of the holidays". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/nearness/#m2)

3) Being close in a relationship or feeling. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/nearness/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Interpretation: The psalmist says that being close to God is the greatest good. Tradition reads this as the aim of a Jewish life, to draw near to God in prayer and in doing mitzvot. In the primary lessons: Used in everyday talk and stories about place, time and people: the nearness of the sea, the nearness of exams, a feeling of nearness to a friend.

### examples

- But as for me, the nearness of God is my good; I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, that I may tell of all Thy works. (Writings PSA.73.28, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/nearness/#x1)
- The nearness of the school means I can walk there. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/nearness/#x2)
- We loved the nearness of the beach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/nearness/#x3)
- The nearness of Christmas made everyone excited. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/nearness/#x4)
- The nearness of the storm made the dog nervous. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/nearness/#x5)
- She felt a nearness to her grandmother when she read her letters. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/nearness/#x6)
- The nearness of the two planets made them look like one bright star. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/nearness/#x7)
- The house's nearness to the motorway made it noisy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/nearness/#x8)
- Yet there was no sign to tell her of their nearness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/nearness/#x9)

### note

Uncountable. From "near" + "-ness". Similar: "closeness", "proximity" (formal).

### Trees and pragmatics

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