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# sit

«sit» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **to rest your body on a seat or on the ground, with your…** — 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 (sit, sits, sat, sitting)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To sit is to rest your body on a seat or on the ground, with your weight on your bottom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sit/#m1)

2) To sit is to be in a place without moving, as in «the box sat in the hall». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sit/#m2)

3) To sit a test or an exam (UK) is to take it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sit/#m3)

4) To sit for a dog is to put its bottom down when told. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sit/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Tanakh to sit can mean to rest on a seat, bed or ground, but also to sit as a king on a throne or to sit in the city gate, where leaders judged and met. Sitting on a throne means ruling. Interpretation: The tradition sees the gate and the throne as places of justice and rule, where a king or judge sits to lead the people. In the primary lessons: where things are: birds sitting on a fence, people sitting at tables; seats and rows; in class, «sit down», «sit still», «sit up straight»; phrases «sit down», «sit up», «sit next to», «babysit»

### examples

- Arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.' (Torah GEN.27.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sit/#x1)
- Now Rachel had taken the teraphim, and put them in the saddle of the camel, and sat upon them. (Torah GEN.31.34, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sit/#x2)
- And one told Jacob, and said: 'Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee.' And Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed. (Torah GEN.48.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sit/#x3)
- Then the king arose, and sat in the gate. (Prophets 2SA.19.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sit/#x4)
- And he sat on the throne of the kings. (Prophets 2KI.11.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sit/#x5)
- So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed. (Prophets 1SA.28.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sit/#x6)
- 3 birds were sitting on the fence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sit/#x7)
- 4 children sit at each table. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sit/#x8)
- How many people are sitting? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sit/#x9)
- Then 2 more birds came to sit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sit/#x10)
- Please sit down and open your books. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sit/#x11)
- Sit up straight at your desk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sit/#x12)
- I sat next to my best friend. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sit/#x13)
- The dog will sit when you say «sit». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sit/#x14)
- She will sit her exams in June. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sit/#x15)
- The old car sat in the garage for years. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sit/#x16)
- "Sit here, and await the bridegroom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sit/#x17)

### note

Tells where things are, no clue by itself. «each table seats N» gives a rate. Trap: sitting at the start is the first amount. Past form «sat», not «sitted». Do not mix «sit» (you do it) with «set» (you put something down).

### In the corpora

- [Arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.793/)
- [Now Rachel had taken the teraphim, and put them in the saddle of the camel, and sat upon them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.972/)
- [But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian; and he sat down by a well.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.41/)
- [Every bed whereon he that hath the issue lieth shall be unclean; and every thing whereon he sitteth shall be unclean.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.430/)
- [And every thing that she lieth upon in her impurity shall be unclean; every thing also that she sitteth upon shall be unclean.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.446/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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