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# occurrence

«occurrence» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **Something that happens; an event** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (an occurrence, occurrences)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Something that happens; an event. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/occurrence/#m1)

2) The fact of something happening or how often it happens (the occurrence of storms). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/occurrence/#m2)

3) (formal) Being found or existing somewhere (the occurrence of gold in rocks). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/occurrence/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Interpretation: Commentators link the 32 occurrences of Elohim in Genesis 1 to the 32 paths of wisdom. The word "sefer" is read as counting, writing and speech. In the primary lessons: In science and maths: count the occurrence of each number in a list (frequency). In everyday life and the formal voice: "Late buses are a common occurrence." Phrases: a common occurrence, a rare occurrence, frequency of occurrence.

### examples

- Although the number 32 is not ruminated upon any further after SY 1:1, subsequent commentaries have associated it with the 32 occurrences of the name אֱלֹהִים Elohim in [Genesis 1]. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/occurrence/#x1)
- The three occurrences of the root SPR that follow, “with ספר SPR and ספר SPR and ספור SPWR”, are here interpreted respectively as סָפַר safar ‘to count’, representing counting/mahetmatics; סֵפר sefer ‘scroll, book’, representing writing; and סִפּוּר sippur, representing speech. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/occurrence/#x2)
- But now the LORD my God hath given me rest on every side; there is neither adversary, nor evil occurrence. (Prophets 1KI.5.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/occurrence/#x3)
- Snow in our town is a rare occurrence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/occurrence/#x4)
- Fights at break are a common occurrence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/occurrence/#x5)
- Tally the occurrence of each colour of car. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/occurrence/#x6)
- The occurrence of earthquakes is high in Japan. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/occurrence/#x7)
- Rainbows are a beautiful occurrence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/occurrence/#x8)
- Count the occurrences of the letter "e" in the sentence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/occurrence/#x9)
- Every flower that opened heard of this occurrence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/occurrence/#x10)

### note

Spelling trap: double c, double r, -ence: o-c-c-u-r-r-e-n-c-e. Verb: occur (occurred, occurring). In maths data, the number of occurrences of a value is its frequency; the value with the most occurrences is the mode.

### In the corpora

- [But now the LORD my God hath given me rest on every side; there is neither adversary, nor evil occurrence.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.174/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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