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# participant

«participant» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **A person who takes part in an activity, an event, a race…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a participant, participants)

### meaning for a pupil

A person who takes part in an activity, an event, a race, a game, a study or a competition. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/participant/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Interpretation: Some readers think the Sefer Yetzirah makes Wisdom a helper of God in creation. Later writings say the same of the Torah, which was God's blueprint. In the primary lessons: Used in sport, school events, science surveys and maths problems (each participant gets a medal; 120 participants in groups of 8). Tells the reader who joined in. Phrases: «participants in», «all participants», «an active participant».

### examples

- Meroz has argued that the SY envisions Wisdom [חָכְמָה Chochmah] as a co-participant with God in the Work of Creation. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/participant/#x1)
- A similar view is reflected in the midrashicic and Kabbalistic literature, where Torah or Wisdom acts as a participant or instrument in the Work of Creation; see e.g. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/participant/#x2)
- Every participant in the race got a medal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/participant/#x3)
- There were 64 participants in the chess competition. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/participant/#x4)
- The survey had 30 participants. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/participant/#x5)
- Participants must wear a helmet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/participant/#x6)
- Split the 48 participants into teams of 6. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/participant/#x7)
- She was an active participant in the class discussion. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/participant/#x8)

### note

Countable. Verb «participate» (formal for «take part»); noun «participation». In maths: participants ÷ group size = number of groups (48 ÷ 6 = 8 teams); participants × cost each = total cost.

### Trees and pragmatics

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