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# south

«south» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **one of the four main directions, towards the bottom of…** — 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 (the south); adjective (south, southern); adverb (south)

### meaning for a pupil

1) South is one of the four main directions, towards the bottom of most maps, opposite to north. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/south/#m1)

2) The south of a country or place is the part that lies in that direction. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/south/#m2)

3) South also means going towards the south. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/south/#m3)

4) The South Pole is the most southern point of the Earth, in Antarctica. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/south/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: The prophets also use "the South" for that dry land, as in the burden of the beasts of the South, and Ezekiel's vision of the Temple and the land is measured by its south side. Interpretation: Sefer Yetzirah counts south as one of the directions, and tradition says the Tabernacle's south side held the lampstand. In the primary lessons: In maths: a direction of travel; opposite to north, so going back takes away from the distance from the start; the same direction adds. In geography: the southern half of the world has summer in December; Australia and New Zealand are in the south. Phrases: to the south, south of, down south, south-east, south-west, the South Pole, Southern Hemisphere.

### examples

- And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the South. (Torah GEN.12.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/south/#x1)
- And he made the boards for the tabernacle; twenty boards for the south side southward. (Torah EXO.36.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/south/#x2)
- And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards for the south side southward: (Torah EXO.26.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/south/#x3)
- This is the south side southward. (Prophets EZK.47.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/south/#x4)
- The burden of the beasts of the South. (Prophets ISA.30.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/south/#x5)
- He measured the south side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed. (Prophets EZK.42.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/south/#x6)
- The farm is 8 km south of the village. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/south/#x7)
- She drove 30 km south and then 10 km north. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/south/#x8)
- The south wall is 6 m long. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/south/#x9)
- They sailed south for 3 days. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/south/#x10)
- Penguins live near the South Pole. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/south/#x11)
- Many birds fly south for the winter in Canada. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/south/#x12)
- The south of England is warmer than the north. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/south/#x13)
- The wind is blowing from the south. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/south/#x14)

### note

Small letter for the direction, capital in names (South Africa, the South Pole). Opposite: north. Opposite directions take away to find how far from the start; the same direction adds. Trap: the whole distance travelled is the sum of all parts. Trap: south is not always «hot»: the South Pole is the coldest place on Earth.

### In the corpora

- [And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the South.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.322/)
- [And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the land of the South, and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur; and he sojourned in Gerar.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.521/)
- [And Isaac came from the way of Beer-lahai-roi; for he dwelt in the land of the South.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.688/)
- [And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards for the south side southward:](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.758/)
- [And he made the boards for the tabernacle; twenty boards for the south side southward.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.1106/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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