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# son

«son» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a boy or man who is someone's child** — 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

noun (son, sons)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A son is a boy or man who is someone's child. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/son/#m1)

2) «Son» is also a friendly word an older man may use to a boy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/son/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Interpretation: The family lines of sons are used to count the tribes, and the firstborn son held special duties and an inheritance in the family. In the primary lessons: a person in age problems; the father's age compared to the son's; in families: a son and a daughter are brother and sister; in stories: a king's son is a prince; phrases: «only son», «eldest son», «father and son»

### examples

- These are the sons of Adah. (Torah GEN.36.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/son/#x1)
- And the sons of Dan: Hushim. (Torah GEN.46.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/son/#x2)
- And the sons of Pallu: Eliab. (Torah NUM.26.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/son/#x3)
- These are the sons of Ishmael. (Writings 1CH.1.31, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/son/#x4)
- And the sons of Ethan: Azariah. (Writings 1CH.2.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/son/#x5)
- And the sons of Appaim: Ishi. (Writings 1CH.2.31, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/son/#x6)
- The father is 3 times as old as his son. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/son/#x7)
- The son is 8 years old. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/son/#x8)
- In 5 years the son will be 13. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/son/#x9)
- A man has 2 sons. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/son/#x10)
- The farmer's son helped feed the cows. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/son/#x11)
- Mrs Lee has one son and two daughters. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/son/#x12)
- The king left the castle to his eldest son. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/son/#x13)
- Father and son went fishing together. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/son/#x14)
- "Approach, my son," he said kindly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/son/#x15)

### note

In age problems both ages grow by the same years. Trap: «3 times as old» is not the same in later years. Homophone: son (a child) and sun (the star) sound the same. Plural: sons.

### In the corpora

- [And the days of Adam after he begot Seth were eight hundred years; and he begot sons and daughters.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.120/)
- [And Seth lived after he begot Enosh eight hundred and seven years, and begot sons and daughters.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.123/)
- [And Enosh lived after he begot Kenan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begot sons and daughters.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.126/)
- [And Kenan lived after he begot Mahalalel eight hundred and forty years, and begot sons and daughters.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.129/)
- [And Mahalalel lived after he begot Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begot sons and daughters.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.132/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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