[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/stage.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/) / stage [← S](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/S/) # stage «stage» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a raised floor in a theatre or hall where people act…** — 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 stage, stages); verb (stage, stages, staged, staging) ### meaning for a pupil 1) A stage is a raised floor in a theatre or hall where people act, sing or speak. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stage/#m1) 2) A stage is one step or part in a process or a time of growth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stage/#m2) 3) To stage a play or event is to put it on for people to watch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stage/#m3) 4) «The stage» can mean acting as a job. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stage/#m4) 5) A stage coach was a large horse-drawn coach that carried passengers along a road in the past. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stage/#m5) ### sense in the lessons In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It means one of the stopping places on the Israelites' journey through the wilderness, not a platform for acting. Interpretation: Numbers 33 lists forty-two stages. Commentators like Rashi say they are recorded to show God's kindness in guiding the people, and some find in them a path of spiritual growth. In the primary lessons: In school, the class performs a play on stage. In science, living things go through life-cycle stages (egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, butterfly), and the Moon has stages called phases. In maths, a problem can be solved in stages (steps). In stories, «at this stage» tells the reader where in the events we are. Phrases: «on stage», «go on stage», «stage fright», «in stages», «at this stage», «early stages», «stage by stage». ### examples - And Moses wrote their goings forth, stage by stage, by the commandment of the LORD; and these are their stages at their goings forth. (Torah NUM.33.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stage/#x1) - And the children of Israel set forward by their stages out of the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud abode in the wilderness of Paran. — (Torah NUM.10.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stage/#x2) - These are the stages of the children of Israel, by which they went forth out of the land of Egypt by their hosts under the hand of Moses and Aaron. (Torah NUM.33.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stage/#x3) - Our class sang songs on the stage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stage/#x4) - A caterpillar is one stage in the life of a butterfly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stage/#x5) - Solve the problem in two stages. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stage/#x6) - She had stage fright before the concert. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stage/#x7) - The school staged a play about the Romans. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stage/#x8) - The building is in the last stage of work. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stage/#x9) - At this stage, nobody knew the treasure was gone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stage/#x10) - The tadpole is the second stage of a frog's life. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stage/#x11) - The stage coach went rattling past. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stage/#x12) ### note Plural stages. «Stage» (step) is like «phase»; it tells order. «On stage» = performing. Stage fright is being nervous before performing, and it is normal. ### In the corpora - [Pop and rock concerts are loud and crowded; big festivals run for several days with many stages, and many fans wear earplugs.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/11-concerts-orchestras-and-live-gigs/7/) - [Musicians' earplugs make sound quieter but still clear, and many musicians wear them on stage.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/11-concerts-orchestras-and-live-gigs/8/) - [The stage crew work backstage, often dressed in black so the audience does not notice them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/27-theatre-stage-actors-backstage/6/) - [Theatre can help people understand others' lives; since 2022 many theatres around the world have staged plays by and about Ukrainians.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/27-theatre-stage-actors-backstage/13/) - [Stage fright is very common, even for famous actors; slow deep breaths and good practice help.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/28-the-school-play-auditions-lines-stage-fright/7/) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every meaning and example of «stage» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stage/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.