[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/open.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/) / open [← O](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/O/) # open «open» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **to move something so you can go in or see inside: open a…** — 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 (open, opens, opened, opening); adjective (open); noun in «in the open» ### meaning for a pupil 1) To open is to move something so you can go in or see inside: open a door, open a box. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/open/#m1) 2) Open means not closed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/open/#m2) 3) A shop or place is open when people can go in and use it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/open/#m3) 4) Open means not covered or not fenced in: the open sea, open fields. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/open/#m4) 5) To open can mean to start: «The show opens on Friday». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/open/#m5) ### sense in the lessons In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Tradition reads God's opening Rachel's womb as a sign that He remembers and answers prayer. In Proverbs "open rebuke" is praised as better than love that is hidden, because honest correction helps a person. Interpretation: Tradition reads God's opening Rachel's womb as a sign that He remembers and answers prayer. The sages value open, honest correction over silent affection. In the primary lessons: In maths: a story action (open a box, a shop opens); times when a shop is open; sometimes a count found inside; an «open» shape has a gap and is not a closed shape. In everyday life: opening hours, opening presents, «open the window». In science: an open circuit has a gap, so no current flows. In stories: «the door creaked open». ### examples - This shall be to them the open land about the cities. (Torah NUM.35.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/open/#x1) - And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb. (Torah GEN.30.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/open/#x2) - And every open vessel, which hath no covering close-bound upon it, is unclean. (Torah NUM.19.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/open/#x3) - Who can open the doors of his face? (Writings JOB.41.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/open/#x4) - Then open the door, and flee, and tarry not.' (Prophets 2KI.9.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/open/#x5) - Better is open rebuke than love that is hidden. (Writings PRO.27.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/open/#x6) - She opens a box with 12 crayons. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/open/#x7) - The shop opens at 9 and closes at 5. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/open/#x8) - How many hours is the shop open? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/open/#x9) - He opened 3 presents. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/open/#x10) - Please open your books at page 10. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/open/#x11) - The window is open, so it is cold. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/open/#x12) - A circle is a closed shape, but a «C» is open. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/open/#x13) - The new library opens next month. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/open/#x14) - Do not open the door to strangers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/open/#x15) - At midnight the cottage door opened. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/open/#x16) ### note «Opens at … closes at …» asks for time between them: subtract. Opening a box shows how many are inside. Trap: count hours carefully across noon. Opposite: close or shut, closed. In an electric circuit, «open» means broken (off), the opposite of everyday sense. Safety: do not open the door or messages from strangers. ### In the corpora - [And now cursed art thou from the ground, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.100/) - [And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.201/) - [And the LORD saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.882/) - [And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.910/) - [Then they hastened, and took down every man his sack to the ground, and opened every man his sack.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1449/) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every meaning and example of «open» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/open/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.