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# river

«river» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a large stream of fresh water that flows across land to a…** — 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

noun (river, rivers)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A river is a large stream of fresh water that flows across land to a lake, another river or the sea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/river/#m1)

2) A river of something is a large flowing amount: a river of lava, rivers of tears. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/river/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Rivers in the Torah are real places like the Euphrates and the Nile, and "the River" means the Euphrates. The Nile turned to blood is the first plague. Interpretation: Tradition reads the four rivers of Eden as a sign of paradise, and the Nile's blood as a blow against Egypt's river-worship. In the primary lessons: In maths: a place in the story; length of a river, distance across it, speed of the current or of a boat; going with or against the current. In science and geography: the source, the mouth, tributaries, erosion, the water cycle; long rivers like the Mississippi, the Thames, the Shannon, the Murray. In safety: rivers can be deep and fast; swim only in safe, watched places. In stories: a raft trip down the river.

### examples

- And the fourth river is the Euphrates. (Torah GEN.2.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/river/#x1)
- And seven days were fulfilled, after that the LORD had smitten the river. (Torah EXO.7.25, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/river/#x2)
- And Samlah died, and Shaul of Rehoboth by the River reigned in his stead. (Torah GEN.36.37, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/river/#x3)
- Thou dost cleave the earth with rivers. (Prophets HAB.3.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/river/#x4)
- Thou didst cleave fountain and brook; Thou driedst up ever-flowing rivers. (Writings PSA.74.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/river/#x5)
- He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and watersprings into a thirsty ground; (Writings PSA.107.33, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/river/#x6)
- The river is 120 km long. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/river/#x7)
- A boat travels 20 miles up the river. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/river/#x8)
- The bridge over the river is 300 meters. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/river/#x9)
- How long does it take to cross the river? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/river/#x10)
- The river flows into the sea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/river/#x11)
- The Shannon is the longest river in Ireland. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/river/#x12)
- The river carries sand and mud downstream. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/river/#x13)
- Never swim in a river without an adult. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/river/#x14)
- We floated on a raft down the river. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/river/#x15)
- It will become a wide, wide river. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/river/#x16)

### note

Usually a place; gives distances. Trap: going with or against the current changes a boat's speed (with the current: add the current's speed; against: subtract). Rivers flow downhill from source to mouth. Names of rivers take «the» and a capital: the Thames.

### In the corpora

- [And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became four heads.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.43/)
- [And the name of the second river is Gihon; the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Cush.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.46/)
- [And the name of the third river is Tigris; that is it which goeth toward the east of Asshur.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.47/)
- [And the fourth river is the Euphrates.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.48/)
- [And Samlah died, and Shaul of Rehoboth by the River reigned in his stead.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1166/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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