[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/sort.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/) / sort [← S](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/S/) # sort «sort» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a kind or type of something** — 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 (a sort, sorts); verb (sort, sorts, sorted, sorting) ### meaning for a pupil 1) A sort is a kind or type of something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sort/#m1) 2) To sort things is to put them into groups by what they are like, or into an order. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sort/#m2) 3) To sort something out is to fix a problem or tidy something up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sort/#m3) 4) «Sort of» (informal) means a little, or in some way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sort/#m4) ### sense in the lessons In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Two of every kind of animal were brought into Noah's ark to keep each species alive. Later books use it for a kind of thing or a manner: messages sent "after this sort", bowls "of a second sort", and groups of officers called "sorts". Interpretation: Tradition reads this as showing human care for all living things, and the animals are counted as clean and unclean kinds. In the primary lessons: In maths and science, sorting means grouping objects by a property (colour, shape, size, even/odd numbers, living/non-living) using tables, Venn and Carroll diagrams, or ordering numbers from smallest to largest. In everyday life you sort laundry, recycling or toys. In the UK, «sorted» informally means fixed or arranged. Phrases: «all sorts of», «what sort of», «sort out», «sort of», «sort by size». ### examples - And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female. (Torah GEN.6.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sort/#x1) - Of the fowl after their kind, and of the cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive. (Torah GEN.6.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sort/#x2) - they, and every beast after its kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after its kind, and every fowl after its kind, every bird of every sort. (Torah GEN.7.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sort/#x3) - Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sorts were for the outward business over Israel, for officers and judges. (Writings 1CH.26.29, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sort/#x4) - And they sent unto me four times after this sort; and I answered them after the same manner. (Writings NEH.6.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sort/#x5) - thirty bowls of gold, silver bowls of a second sort four hundred and ten, and other vessels a thousand. (Writings EZR.1.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sort/#x6) - What sort of music do you like? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sort/#x7) - Sort the shapes into triangles and squares. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sort/#x8) - We sorted the recycling into paper, glass and cans. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sort/#x9) - Sort these numbers from smallest to largest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sort/#x10) - There were all sorts of animals at the farm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sort/#x11) - Can you sort out this mess before dinner? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sort/#x12) - I'm sort of tired, but I can keep going. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sort/#x13) - Mum and Dad sorted out the argument. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sort/#x14) - "Who sowed this sort of corn?" [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sort/#x15) ### note «Sort» and «kind» mean the same as nouns. «These sort of things» is common speech, but careful English says «these sorts of things» or «this sort of thing». Do not confuse with «sought» (past of seek) or «salt». In maths, sorting does not change how many things there are. ### In the corpora - [thirty bowls of gold, silver bowls of a second sort four hundred and ten, and other vessels a thousand.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EZR.9/) - [Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort —](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EZR.103/) - [And they sent unto me four times after this sort; and I answered them after the same manner.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.125/) - [Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sorts were for the outward business over Israel, for officers and judges.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/1CH.935/) - [Debt is common and can be sorted.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/8-borrowing-and-debt/9/) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every meaning and example of «sort» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sort/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.