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# platform

«platform» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **the raised flat area next to the tracks at a railway…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a platform, platforms)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A platform is the raised flat area next to the tracks at a railway station where people wait for and get on trains. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/platform/#m1)

2) A platform is any raised flat surface where people stand, like a stage for speakers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/platform/#m2)

3) In computers, a platform is a system that programs or games run on, or a website where people share things. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/platform/#m3)

4) Platform shoes have very thick soles. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/platform/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: The "platform" is a raised stand for a speaker or a king. Ezra and Nehemiah have Levites stand on one to lead the people in prayer, and Athaliah's story shows the king standing on one by the pillar. Interpretation: Tradition sees the Levites' platform as a place where teaching and public prayer began, and the king's stand as a sign of royal place in the Temple court. In the primary lessons: In everyday life: «The train leaves from platform 4.» In video games, a platform is a ledge you jump between (platform games). In safety: stand behind the yellow line on a platform and mind the gap. In stories: Harry Potter's Platform Nine and Three-Quarters. Phrases: on the platform, platform number, oil platform, diving platform.

### examples

- Then stood up upon the platform of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and cried with a loud voice unto the LORD their God. (Writings NEH.9.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/platform/#x1)
- And she looked, and, behold, the king stood on the platform, as the manner was, and the captains and the trumpets by the king; and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew with trumpets. (Prophets 2KI.11.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/platform/#x2)
- Our train leaves from platform 2. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/platform/#x3)
- Stand behind the yellow line on the platform. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/platform/#x4)
- The singer stood on a platform so everyone could see her. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/platform/#x5)
- We waited on the cold platform for twenty minutes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/platform/#x6)
- The diver jumped from the high platform. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/platform/#x7)
- The game runs on every platform. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/platform/#x8)
- An oil platform stands in the sea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/platform/#x9)
- Mind the gap between the train and the platform. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/platform/#x10)
- Then the monkey and the hare both hopped out, quickly and nimbly, to the wrestling platform. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/platform/#x11)

### note

Countable: one platform, two platforms. Stress on the first part: PLAT-form. In the UK and Australia «platform» is used for trains; Americans also say «track» (Track 5).

### In the corpora

- [Crying on the platform, he wonders about hiding under a seat, when a kind engine-driver says «Hullo, mother!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/54-willows-ch8-part3-no-money-no-pocket/3/)
- [On a train platform you stand behind the yellow or white safety line.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/43-buses-trains-and-being-seen/13/)
- [You step carefully over the gap between the train and the platform, because a foot can slip into it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/270-trains-and-subways/6/)
- [You do not touch an unattended bag on a platform; you tell staff, who will check it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/270-trains-and-subways/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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