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# preface

«preface» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a short introduction at the start of a book, where the…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (prefaces); verb (prefaces, prefaced, prefacing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A preface is a short introduction at the start of a book, where the writer explains why the book was written. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/preface/#m1)

2) To preface something is to say or write something first, before the main part. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/preface/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

the first pages of a tale book, where the writer speaks to the reader before the stories begin

### examples

- With English Translation, Preface, Explanatory Notes and Glossary, (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/preface/#x1)
- A Version with preface by M. ben J. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/preface/#x2)
- Source: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/SepherYetzirah (/Preface, /Introduction, /SepherYetzirah), fetched via index.php?action=render on 2026-10-17. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/preface/#x3)
- Read the preface before you start the story. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/preface/#x4)
- The writer's preface explains where the tales came from. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/preface/#x5)
- She prefaced her speech with a joke. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/preface/#x6)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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