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# nun

«nun» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a woman who has promised to give her life to God and…** — 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 (a nun, nuns)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (church) A nun is a woman who has promised to give her life to God and lives in a religious community called a convent, following rules of prayer and work. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/nun/#m1)

2) (religion) Buddhist and some other religious traditions also have nuns. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/nun/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Torah, "Joshua the son of Nun" is Moses' helper and later leader. Here "Nun" is a man's name, not a woman in a convent. Interpretation: The letter nun means "fish" and stands for the number 50. Tradition notes Joshua's father's name with the letter. In the primary lessons: In religious education nuns take vows of poverty, chastity and obedience; many teach, nurse or care for poor people. Some nuns wear a long dress and a veil called a habit. In stories like «The Sound of Music», Maria starts out as a young woman preparing to be a nun. Phrases: «become a nun», «a convent of nuns», «a nun's habit», «Sister Mary» (how nuns are called).

### examples

- And Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun Joshua. (Torah NUM.13.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/nun/#x1)
- Of the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Nun. (Torah NUM.13.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/nun/#x2)
- save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, and Joshua the son of Nun; because they have wholly followed the LORD. (Torah NUM.32.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/nun/#x3)
- Nun his son, Joshua his son. (Writings 1CH.7.27, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/nun/#x4)
- And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being a hundred and ten years old. (Prophets JDG.2.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/nun/#x5)
- And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being a hundred and ten years old. (Prophets JOS.24.29, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/nun/#x6)
- The nuns ran a school for girls. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/nun/#x7)
- A nun is often called «Sister». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/nun/#x8)
- Mother Teresa was a nun who cared for the poor in India. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/nun/#x9)
- Some nuns wear a black and white habit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/nun/#x10)
- The nuns pray together many times each day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/nun/#x11)
- My great-aunt became a nun when she was young. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/nun/#x12)
- Buddhist nuns shave their heads and wear robes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/nun/#x13)
- On the brow of the mountain yonder is perched, like a swallow's nest, a lonely convent of nuns. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/nun/#x14)

### note

Countable: nuns. Homophone: «none» (not any) sounds the same. The male equivalent is a monk (or friar); the leader of a convent is an abbess or Mother Superior.

### In the corpora

- [Of the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Nun.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.494/)
- [And Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun Joshua.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.503/)
- [save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, and Joshua the son of Nun; because they have wholly followed the LORD.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.1160/)
- [And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being a hundred and ten years old.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.45/)
- [Nun his son, Joshua his son.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/1CH.348/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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