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# quantity

«quantity» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **an amount or a number of something: how many or how much** — 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

noun (quantity, quantities)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A quantity is an amount or a number of something: how many or how much. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Q/quantity/#m1)

2) «In quantity» or «large quantities» means a lot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Q/quantity/#m2)

3) In maths and science, a quantity is anything that can be measured or counted, like length, time or mass. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Q/quantity/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Interpretation: The ten Sephirot are the "quantity" of creation, set beside the letters, its "quality", as the thirty-two paths of wisdom. In the primary lessons: In school maths: any amount in a problem — how many or how much; comparing two quantities; the quantity left; known and unknown quantities. In science: measuring quantities with units. In everyday life: the quantity on a shopping list or a recipe; «quality, not quantity». Phrases: «a large quantity of», «a small quantity», «in quantity», «quality and quantity».

### examples

- The self-existing first cause called the creation into existence by quantity and quality; the former represented by ten numbers, (Sephiroth,) the latter by twenty-two letters, which form together thirty-two ways of the divine wisdom. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Q/quantity/#x1)
- Tlie person of Pythagoras*') is as much an unknown quantity as that of Ben Sira. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Q/quantity/#x2)
- The Monail, or unity, is that quantity which, being deprived of all nnnibcr, remains fixed : whence called Monad. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Q/quantity/#x3)
- And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father's house, the offspring and the issue, all vessels of small quantity, from the vessels of cups even to all the vessels of flagons. (Prophets ISA.22.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Q/quantity/#x4)
- What quantity of flour do you need? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Q/quantity/#x5)
- Find the quantity of apples. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Q/quantity/#x6)
- Compare the two quantities. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Q/quantity/#x7)
- The quantity left is 7. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Q/quantity/#x8)
- The recipe lists the quantity of each ingredient. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Q/quantity/#x9)
- Bees make honey in large quantities. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Q/quantity/#x10)
- Write the quantity next to each item on the list. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Q/quantity/#x11)
- Length, mass and time are quantities we can measure. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Q/quantity/#x12)
- Here a quantity of provisions were given him to carry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Q/quantity/#x13)

### note

Plural «quantities». Do not confuse with «quality» (how good something is). Maths: a general word for «amount»; the question tells which quantity to find. Trap: two quantities must have the same unit before you compare them.

### In the corpora

- [The cost is the price times the quantity: 4 chairs at 136 dollars each cost 136 × 4 = 544 dollars.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/lessons/142-multiply-by-one-digit/2/)
- [To find a fraction of a quantity, first find one equal part: divide by the number below the line.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/lessons/151-fraction-of-a-quantity/0/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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