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# respond

«respond» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **to answer, by speaking or writing** — 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 (respond, responds, responded, responding); noun response

### meaning for a pupil

1) To respond means to answer, by speaking or writing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/respond/#m1)

2) To respond means to react to something by doing something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/respond/#m2)

3) To respond to treatment means to start getting better. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/respond/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Hosea it means to answer: God answers the heavens, which answer the earth, which answers the grain, wine and oil, and they answer Jezreel. Interpretation: Tradition reads this chain as a picture of Israel's renewal, where each part of creation answers the next and all of it comes from God's mercy. In the primary lessons: In class: respond to a question, respond to a story in a reading response. Science: living things respond to their surroundings — plants respond to light, our pupils respond to bright light. Safety: emergency services respond to calls. Phrases: respond to, respond quickly, respond well.

### examples

- And the earth shall respond to the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and they shall respond to Jezreel. (Prophets HOS.2.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/respond/#x1)
- And it shall come to pass in that day, I will respond, saith the LORD, I will respond to the heavens, and they shall respond to the earth; (Prophets HOS.2.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/respond/#x2)
- Ephraim shall say: 'What have I to do any more with idols?' As for Me, I respond and look on him; I am like a leafy cypress-tree; from Me is thy fruit found. (Prophets HOS.14.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/respond/#x3)
- Please respond to the email. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/respond/#x4)
- Plants respond to light by growing towards it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/respond/#x5)
- The firefighters responded to the call in minutes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/respond/#x6)
- She didn't respond when I called her name. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/respond/#x7)
- The patient is responding well to the medicine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/respond/#x8)
- How did the character respond to the bad news? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/respond/#x9)
- "Yes, sir," responded Charley, gravely, "dat's so." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/respond/#x10)

### note

Always «respond to» something: «respond to the question», not «respond the question». Noun: response. Responsive = quick to react.

### In the corpora

- [And the earth shall respond to the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and they shall respond to Jezreel.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/HOS.33/)
- [A sore arm or a slight fever for a day or two after a jab is the immune system responding, not the disease.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/77-olympiad-odd-one-out-order-and-tall-tales/13/)
- [Goldfish can remember things for months and can be trained to respond to sounds and push levers for food.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/myths/11-animals-in-the-sea-and-the-river/6/)
- [Understanding why someone is mean does not make the meanness okay, but it can change how you respond.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/28-reading-people-in-hard-times-whats-really-behind-the-mean-face/7/)
- [In many rounds one team gives its view and the other team responds, adding ideas and asking questions rather than attacking.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/36-what-is-an-ethics-olympiad/3/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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