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# seventh

«seventh» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **number 7 in order, after the sixth** — 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

adjective, noun (seventh, sevenths)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Seventh means number 7 in order, after the sixth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/seventh/#m1)

2) A seventh is one of seven equal parts of a whole, written 1/7. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/seventh/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: The seventh day is the Sabbath, the day of rest, and the seventh year and seventh month also have special holiness. Interpretation: Tradition says God blessed and made holy the seventh day, and Jews keep it as a day of rest from Friday evening to Saturday night. In the primary lessons: Maths: an order word (7th day, 7th grade) or a fraction: a seventh of 28 is 4. Everyday: seventh grade, the seventh floor, «in seventh heaven» means very happy.

### examples

- So the people rested on the seventh day. (Torah EXO.16.30, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/seventh/#x1)
- On the seventh day Elishama the son of Ammihud, prince of the children of Ephraim: (Torah NUM.7.48, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/seventh/#x2)
- And on the seventh day seven bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs of the first year without blemish; (Torah NUM.29.32, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/seventh/#x3)
- Ozem the sixth, David the seventh. (Writings 1CH.2.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/seventh/#x4)
- Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh; (Writings 1CH.12.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/seventh/#x5)
- the seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah; (Writings 1CH.24.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/seventh/#x6)
- She is in the seventh grade. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/seventh/#x7)
- On the seventh day he rested. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/seventh/#x8)
- A seventh of 28 is 4. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/seventh/#x9)
- Two sevenths of the class are boys. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/seventh/#x10)
- Our flat is on the seventh floor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/seventh/#x11)
- He finished seventh out of twenty runners. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/seventh/#x12)
- When she got the puppy she was in seventh heaven. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/seventh/#x13)
- "I, too, will try a seventh time!" cried Bruce. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/seventh/#x14)

### note

Written 7th. As order it points to an item; as a fraction it means divide by 7: a seventh of n = n ÷ 7. Trap: «seventh» order is not «seven» things. Plural «sevenths» is for fractions.

### In the corpora

- [And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.199/)
- [Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to the LORD.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.368/)
- [Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day is the sabbath, in it there shall be none.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.474/)
- [So the people rested on the seventh day.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.478/)
- [If thou buy a Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve; and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.581/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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