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# off

«off» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **away from a surface or from a place: take it off the table** — 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

preposition, adverb; adjective (the light is off; the milk is off)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Off means away from a surface or from a place: take it off the table. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/off/#m1)

2) Off means not working or not switched on: the TV is off. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/off/#m2)

3) Off means away for a time, not at work or school: a day off. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/off/#m3)

4) Off can mean taken away from a price: 2 dollars off. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/off/#m4)

5) Off can mean gone bad: the milk is off. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/off/#m5)

6) Off means cancelled: the match is off. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/off/#m6)

7) (casual) «I'm off» means I'm leaving; «off sick» means at home ill; «a bit off» (UK, Australia) means rude or unfair; «off your head» means silly or crazy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/off/#m7)

8) (rough) «Push off!», «buzz off!», «clear off!», «bugger off» (rude, UK, Australia), «piss off» (rude) all mean go away; «off» in «sod off» is rude too. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/off/#m8)

9) (formal) The exam voice says «deducted», «discounted», «removed from», «a reduction of», «absent», «discontinued». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/off/#m9)

10) Off can also mean setting out quickly or starting to move, as in "Off he went on a run." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/off/#m10)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In "cut off" or "left off," off often means cut away or stopped, as in cutting off a hand or God ending His talk with Abraham. In the primary lessons: taking things away from the table («I take one apple off the table» = subtract); «2 dollars off» = a lower price, subtract; «20% off» takes a part off the price; in everyday life «turn off the light», «get off the bus», «take off your shoes», «day off», «off sick»; in safety «keep off the grass», «switch off before you unplug»; in casual talk «I'm off», «that's a bit off»; in rough talk «push off», «piss off» (rude: go away); in the exam voice «a reduction of», «deducted», «discounted by»

### examples

- And He left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham. (Torah GEN.17.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/off/#x1)
- then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall have no pity. (Torah DEU.25.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/off/#x2)
- And his sister stood afar off, to know what would be done to him. (Torah EXO.2.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/off/#x3)
- Or where were the upright cut off? (Writings JOB.4.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/off/#x4)
- Why standest Thou afar off, O LORD? (Writings PSA.10.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/off/#x5)
- Arouse Thyself, cast not off for ever. (Writings PSA.44.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/off/#x6)
- I take one apple off the table. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/off/#x7)
- 3 birds flew off the fence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/off/#x8)
- Kim took 2 books off the shelf of 9. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/off/#x9)
- Turn off the tap while you brush your teeth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/off/#x10)
- Take your muddy boots off at the door. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/off/#x11)
- The jacket was 10 dollars off in the sale. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/off/#x12)
- Dad has a day off today. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/off/#x13)
- This milk smells off. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/off/#x14)
- right, i'm off, see ya at 5 [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/off/#x15)
- Piss off, they're mine! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/off/#x16)
- The match is off because of the rain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/off/#x17)
- A reduction of 10 dollars is applied to an item priced at 40 dollars; state the price payable. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/off/#x18)
- Off he started on a run. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/off/#x19)

### note

Taking off = the count goes down: subtract; «a reduction of» and «deducted» in an exam do the same. «10 dollars off» lowers the price: subtract. Trap: «off sick», «the match is off» and «I'm off» are not about numbers. «piss off» and «bugger off» are rude ways to say go away: the speaker is angry or joking, and nothing is counted. Spelling: two f's, said with a short o. Do not mix «off» (away) with «of» (part of). Opposite: on.

### In the corpora

- [And the waters returned from off the earth continually; and after the end of a hundred and fifty days the waters decreased.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.198/)
- [And he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.203/)
- [So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth; and they left off to build the city.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.286/)
- [And He left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.435/)
- [And the LORD went His way, as soon as He had left off speaking to Abraham; and Abraham returned unto his place.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.478/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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