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# repair

«repair» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **to fix something that is broken or damaged** — 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 (repair, repairs, repaired, repairing); noun (a repair, repairs)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To repair is to fix something that is broken or damaged. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/repair/#m1)

2) A repair is the work of fixing, or the place that was fixed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/repair/#m2)

3) «In good repair» means in good condition. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/repair/#m3)

4) To repair to a place means to go there, especially in a formal way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/repair/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Used in Nehemiah for rebuilding and mending the walls of Jerusalem section by section, each person taking a part. Interpretation: Tradition honors this as a shared community effort. Repairing the broken is a picture for restoring Jerusalem and the people. In the primary lessons: In school maths: things fixed at a rate; the cost of a repair; a length of road repaired and left to repair (repaired + left = whole). In everyday life: repairing a bike puncture, a shoe repair shop, roadworks. In science and design: mending things instead of throwing them away helps the planet. Phrases: «under repair», «repair shop», «beyond repair», «in good repair».

### examples

- After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh repaired. — (Writings NEH.3.25, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/repair/#x1)
- And next unto them repaired Zadok the son of Baana. (Writings NEH.3.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/repair/#x2)
- Next unto him repaired Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, goldsmiths. (Writings NEH.3.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/repair/#x3)
- He repairs 4 bikes a day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/repair/#x4)
- The repair costs 25 dollars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/repair/#x5)
- Workers repaired 300 m of road. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/repair/#x6)
- How much road is left to repair? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/repair/#x7)
- Dad repaired the puncture in my tyre. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/repair/#x8)
- The road is closed for repairs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/repair/#x9)
- My old teddy was beyond repair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/repair/#x10)
- Repairing things instead of buying new ones saves money and waste. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/repair/#x11)
- Polynices now repaired to Argos, where he arrived in the dead of night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/repair/#x12)

### note

«Repair» is a bit more formal than «fix» or «mend». Maths: repaired so far and left to repair add up to the whole. Trap: «repairs 4 bikes a day» is a rate — multiply by the days.

### In the corpora

- [And he repaired the altar of the LORD that was thrown down.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.682/)
- [And the priests consented that they should take no longer money from the people, neither repair the breaches of the house.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.372/)
- [for they gave that to them that did the work, and repaired therewith the house of the LORD.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.378/)
- [And next unto them repaired Meremoth the son of Uriah, the son of Hakkoz.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.39/)
- [And next unto them repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah, the son of Meshezabel.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.40/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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