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# oft

«oft» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **often, many times** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adverb (old use; no forms)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (old use) Oft means often, many times. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/oft/#m1)

2) Oft is used in poems and fairy tales to sound old-fashioned. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/oft/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Old word for "often." The Psalms and Job use it for how many times Israel rebelled or how rarely the wicked suffer. In the primary lessons: in fairy tales and old poems, «oft» means «often» and makes the tale sound long ago

### examples

- How oft did they rebel against Him in the wilderness, and grieve Him in the desert! (Writings PSA.78.40, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/oft/#x1)
- And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread. (Prophets 2KI.4.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/oft/#x2)
- How oft is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out? that their calamity cometh upon them? that He distributeth pains in His anger? (Writings JOB.21.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/oft/#x3)
- Oft asked I for this boon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/oft/#x4)
- The kittens oft gripped at the spindle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/oft/#x5)
- We oft went to the river in summer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/oft/#x6)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.87/)
- [How oft did they rebel against Him in the wilderness, and grieve Him in the desert!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1367/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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