[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/seem.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/) / seem [← S](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/S/) # seem «seem» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **to look or appear to be something, from what you can see…** — 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 (seem, seems, seemed, seeming) ### meaning for a pupil 1) To seem means to look or appear to be something, from what you can see or know: «She seems happy». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/seem/#m1) 2) «It seems» is used to say what you think is true but are not sure about: «It seems we are lost». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/seem/#m2) ### sense in the lessons Interpretation: Jacob's seven years that "seemed but a few days" are read as a sign of how deeply he loved Rachel. In the primary lessons: In stories, «seem» shows what a character notices without knowing for sure, and things that seem one way can turn out different: a trap the reader should notice. In science, results «seem to show» something until checked. In safety, someone who seems friendly online may not be. Phrases: «seem to», «it seems that», «seem like». ### examples - And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her. (Torah GEN.29.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/seem/#x1) - My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a mocker; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing.' (Torah GEN.27.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/seem/#x2) - And Lot went out, and spoke unto his sons-in-law, who married his daughters, and said: 'Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy the city.' But he seemed unto his sons-in-law as one that jested. (Torah GEN.19.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/seem/#x3) - It seemed as when men wield upwards axes in a thicket of trees. (Writings PSA.74.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/seem/#x4) - This also have I seen as wisdom under the sun, and it seemed great unto me: (Writings ECC.9.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/seem/#x5) - It hath seemed good unto me to declare the signs and wonders that God Most High hath wrought toward me. (Writings DAN.3.32, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/seem/#x6) - You seem tired today. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/seem/#x7) - The dog seems friendly, but ask the owner first. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/seem/#x8) - It seems like it will rain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/seem/#x9) - The puzzle seemed hard at first. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/seem/#x10) - Things are not always what they seem. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/seem/#x11) - He seems to know the answer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/seem/#x12) - The test seemed to last forever. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/seem/#x13) - It seems that we took the wrong path. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/seem/#x14) - "It's fated I must, it seems! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/seem/#x15) ### note «Seem» is not used in the -ing form for this meaning: say «You seem sad», not «You are seeming sad». «Seem» is followed by an adjective, «to» + verb, or «like». Do not confuse «seem» with «seam» (a line where cloth is sewn together) — they sound the same. ### In the corpora - [And he said: 'It is the LORD; let Him do what seemeth Him good.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.91/) - [It seemed as when men wield upwards axes in a thicket of trees.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1256/) - [There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.386/) - [There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.468/) - [He that pleadeth his cause first seemeth just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him out.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.521/) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every meaning and example of «seem» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/seem/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.