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# se

«se» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **SE stands for south-east, the direction halfway between…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

abbreviation (SE, se); French word (se); Spanish word (se)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (abbreviation) SE stands for south-east, the direction halfway between south and east. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/se/#m1)

2) (abbreviation, UK) SE is the start of postcodes in south-east London, as in SE1. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/se/#m2)

3) (French) se is a small word meaning himself, herself, itself or themselves, used with some verbs, as in il se lave (he washes himself). It sounds like suh. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/se/#m3)

4) (Spanish) se is a similar small word in Spanish. It is not an English word. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/se/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In geography and maths lessons on compass points, SE is one of the eight main directions: N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW. In French lessons, se appears in reflexive verbs like se laver (to wash oneself) and s'appeler (to be called). In maps and weather, winds can come from the SE.

### examples

- Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt-offerings in every place that thou seest; (Torah DEU.12.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/se/#x1)
- for all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever. (Torah GEN.13.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/se/#x2)
- and seest among the captives a woman of goodly form, and thou hast a desire unto her, and wouldest take her to thee to wife; (Torah DEU.21.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/se/#x3)
- 'Wherefore have we fasted, and Thou seest not? (Prophets ISA.58.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/se/#x4)
- Hast Thou eyes of flesh? or seest Thou as man seeth? (Writings JOB.10.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/se/#x5)
- Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying: 'Jeremiah, what seest thou?' And I said: 'I see a rod of an almond-tree.' (Prophets JER.1.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/se/#x6)
- The wind is blowing from the SE. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/se/#x7)
- Walk SE across the field to reach the stile. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/se/#x8)
- SE is halfway between south and east. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/se/#x9)
- Our cousins live in London SE15. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/se/#x10)
- Il se lave, means he washes himself. (French) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/se/#x11)
- On the compass, SE is at 135 degrees. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/se/#x12)

### note

As a compass direction write SE in capitals; south-east (UK) or southeast (US) in full. In French se becomes s' before a vowel: il s'appelle. Not an English word on its own.

### In the corpora

- [Un souvenir is a keepsake, but in French it also means any memory; se souvenir means to remember.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/french/36-english-words-that-came-from-french/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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