[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/single.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/) / single [← S](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/S/) # single «single» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **only one, not two or more** — 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 (single, singles) ### meaning for a pupil 1) Single means only one, not two or more. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/single/#m1) 2) «Not a single» means none at all. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/single/#m2) 3) A single room or bed is for one person. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/single/#m3) 4) Single means not married. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/single/#m4) 5) A single ticket (UK) is for going one way only, not there and back. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/single/#m5) 6) A single is a song sold on its own; singles is a game of tennis with one player on each side. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/single/#m6) 7) Single can be used after "every" to stress that each one is included, with none left out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/single/#m7) ### sense in the lessons In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Sefer Yetzirah, the "single" letters are the twelve simple letters, which have only one sound. In the primary lessons: Maths: one item (a single ticket); single and double rooms; «not a single» means zero. Everyday: single file (one behind another), single-use plastic, a single parent. Sport: singles and doubles in tennis. ### examples - The foundations are the twenty-two letters, three mothers, seven double, and twelve single letters. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/single/#x1) - Meroz has associated these ‘three books’ with what she regards to be the three original textual layers of the SY, woven together after their composition into a single work by an editor. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/single/#x2) - Instead, the SY may be intimating a twofold pronunciation of Resh known among certain mediveal Jewish communities in Babylonia and elsewhere, which does indeed preserve a distinguish between ‘single’ Resh and ‘double’ Resh. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/single/#x3) - And I was single-hearted toward Him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity. (Prophets 2SA.22.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/single/#x4) - And I was single-hearted with Him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity. (Writings PSA.18.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/single/#x5) - Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth away from the presence of the LORD; for the king of Israel is come out to seek a single flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains.' (Prophets 1SA.26.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/single/#x6) - A single ticket costs $3. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/single/#x7) - Not a single apple was left. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/single/#x8) - A hotel has 10 single rooms and 8 double rooms. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/single/#x9) - How much do 5 single tickets cost? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/single/#x10) - Walk in single file along the narrow path. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/single/#x11) - She did not say a single word. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/single/#x12) - Try to avoid single-use plastic bags. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/single/#x13) - He won the singles final. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/single/#x14) - He'll catch them, every single one!" [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/single/#x15) ### note Means one; «not a single» means zero. Single rooms hold 1 person, doubles 2. Trap: «not a single one left» means 0. Trap: a UK «single» ticket is one way; a «return» is there and back. ### In the corpora - [And I was single-hearted toward Him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.683/) - [And I was single-hearted with Him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.234/) - [Living in a home costs money every single month, even when nobody buys anything new.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills/0/) - [A family ticket is only a good deal after checking: add up the single tickets for your family and compare.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/62-olympiad-plans-in-order-and-money-sums/16/) - [On matters of taste, like cats versus dogs, there is no single right answer, so bots usually avoid taking sides.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/6-why-the-bot-agrees-too-easily/17/) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every meaning and example of «single» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/single/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.