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# reach

«reach» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **to get to a place: the train reached the city** — 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 (reach, reaches, reached, reaching); noun (reach)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To reach is to get to a place: the train reached the city. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/reach/#m1)

2) To reach is to stretch your arm to touch or take something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/reach/#m2)

3) If you reach a goal or an amount, you get there: reach 100 points. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/reach/#m3)

4) To reach someone is to contact them, like by phone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/reach/#m4)

5) Your reach is how far you can stretch; «out of reach» means too far to touch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/reach/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Joshua, a tribe's border reached to Carmel. In Job, a proud man's head reaches the clouds. In Proverbs, stripes reach the inward parts, meaning that hard correction goes deep. Interpretation: The altar grating reached halfway up, and the priests' breeches reached to the thighs. The tradition reads Job as a picture of human pride that still ends in a fall. In the primary lessons: In maths: a goal or end amount: to reach 100 points, reach the top, reach a town; often asks how much more is needed. In everyday life and safety: keep medicines out of reach of children; reaching a shelf. In science: light from the Sun takes about 8 minutes to reach Earth. In stories: «reach for the stars».

### examples

- And thou shalt put it under the ledge round the altar beneath, that the net may reach halfway up the altar. (Torah EXO.27.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/reach/#x1)
- And he made for the altar a grating of network of brass, under the ledge round it beneath, reaching halfway up. (Torah EXO.38.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/reach/#x2)
- And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover the flesh of their nakedness; from the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach. (Torah EXO.28.42, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/reach/#x3)
- Sharp wounds cleanse away evil; so do stripes that reach the inward parts. (Writings PRO.20.30, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/reach/#x4)
- and Allam-melech, and Amad, and Mishal; and it reached to Carmel westward, and to Shihor-libnath. (Prophets JOS.19.26, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/reach/#x5)
- Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds; (Writings JOB.20.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/reach/#x6)
- She needs 20 more points to reach 100. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/reach/#x7)
- The train reached the city after 3 hours. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/reach/#x8)
- How many more steps to reach the top? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/reach/#x9)
- He saved until he reached $50. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/reach/#x10)
- I can't reach the top shelf. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/reach/#x11)
- Keep medicines out of reach of children. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/reach/#x12)
- Sunlight takes about 8 minutes to reach Earth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/reach/#x13)
- I tried to reach Grandma by phone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/reach/#x14)
- Reach for the stars! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/reach/#x15)
- At last he reached the place. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/reach/#x16)

### note

«How much more to reach X» means X minus what you have now. Trap: the number after «reach» is the end amount, not the amount to add. «Reach» needs no «to» before the place: «reach the city», not «reach to the city». Past: reached.

### In the corpora

- [And thou shalt put it under the ledge round the altar beneath, that the net may reach halfway up the altar.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.782/)
- [And he made for the altar a grating of network of brass, under the ledge round it beneath, reaching halfway up.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.1156/)
- [And it went down from Janoah to Ataroth, and to Naarah, and reached unto Jericho, and went out at the Jordan.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.436/)
- [and Allam-melech, and Amad, and Mishal; and it reached to Carmel westward, and to Shihor-libnath.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.516/)
- [As my hand hath reached the kingdoms of the idols, whose graven images did exceed them of Jerusalem and of Samaria;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.225/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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