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# observe

«observe» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **to watch something carefully to learn about 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 (observe, observes, observed, observing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To observe is to watch something carefully to learn about it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/observe/#m1)

2) To observe can mean to notice or see something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/observe/#m2)

3) (formal) To observe a rule or law is to obey it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/observe/#m3)

4) (formal) To observe a special day is to keep or celebrate it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/observe/#m4)

5) (formal) To observe can mean to say or remark. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/observe/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Torah, to observe is to keep and follow a law or special day, such as the Sabbath, carefully. Interpretation: "Observe" (shamor) is paired with "remember" (zachor) for the Sabbath. Tradition reads these as the two sides of keeping it: guarding it by avoiding forbidden work, and marking it with words and joy. In the primary lessons: In science lessons pupils observe an experiment, plants or the weather and write what they notice; an observation is what you see or measure. In everyday life we observe birds, the night sky or how people behave. In formal language one observes a minute's silence or observes the speed limit. Phrases: observe closely, observe the rules.

### examples

- Observe the sabbath day, to keep it holy, as the LORD thy God commanded thee. (Torah DEU.5.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/observe/#x1)
- And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons for ever. (Torah EXO.12.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/observe/#x2)
- And ye shall observe all My statutes, and all Mine ordinances, and do them: I am the LORD. (Torah LEV.19.37, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/observe/#x3)
- That they might keep His statutes, and observe His laws. (Writings PSA.105.45, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/observe/#x4)
- Oh that my ways were directed to observe Thy statutes! (Writings PSA.119.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/observe/#x5)
- I will observe Thy statutes; O forsake me not utterly. (Writings PSA.119.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/observe/#x6)
- We observed the caterpillar every day for two weeks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/observe/#x7)
- Observe what happens when you add vinegar to the baking soda. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/observe/#x8)
- Did you observe anything strange? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/observe/#x9)
- Drivers must observe the speed limit near schools. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/observe/#x10)
- The whole school observed a minute's silence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/observe/#x11)
- «It looks like rain,» she observed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/observe/#x12)
- Astronomers observe the stars through telescopes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/observe/#x13)
- Write down everything you observe in your science book. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/observe/#x14)
- The lamp burnt out, but he did not observe it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/observe/#x15)

### note

Regular verb: observed, observing. Noun forms: observation (what you notice), observer (the person watching), observatory (a building for watching the sky). «Observe» is more careful than «see» or «look»: it means watching with attention. Do not confuse with «obey»; only in the formal sense do they mean the same.

### In the corpora

- [And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons for ever.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.334/)
- [Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.942/)
- [And ye shall observe all My statutes, and all Mine ordinances, and do them: I am the LORD.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.579/)
- [And when ye shall err, and not observe all these commandments, which the LORD hath spoken unto Moses,](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.590/)
- [Observe the sabbath day, to keep it holy, as the LORD thy God commanded thee.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.173/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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