[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/start.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/) / start [← S](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/S/) # start «start» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **the beginning of something: the start of the race** — 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 (start, starts); verb (start, starts, started, starting) ### meaning for a pupil 1) The start is the beginning of something: the start of the race. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/start/#m1) 2) To start is to begin to do something: start reading. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/start/#m2) 3) To start something is to make it begin or work: start the car. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/start/#m3) 4) To start can mean to jump a little in surprise. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/start/#m4) 5) «For a start» means as the first point. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/start/#m5) 6) To start for a place means to set off on a journey towards it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/start/#m6) ### sense in the lessons In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Sefer Yetzirah it means to begin, as the series of numbers begins from one. Interpretation: The Sefer Yetzirah teaches that all numbers come from one, as everything comes from the One God. This is a picture of unity at the heart of creation. In the primary lessons: the first step of a scene or story, before any change («At the start, Ben had 9 cards» = the first count); a question about the start means undoing the changes; in sport the start line; in everyday life «start school», «start again», «a fresh start»; in safety «start the car» is only for adults ### examples - 11) As the infinite series of numbers starts from one unit, so was the whole Universe formed a unity, that centres in the Godhead. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/start/#x1) - And the doors shall be shut in the street, when the sound of the grinding is low; and one shall start up at the voice of a bird, and all the daughters of music shall be brought low; (Writings ECC.12.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/start/#x2) - What if at the start I had put two pears instead? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/start/#x3) - At the start, Ben had 9 cards. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/start/#x4) - How many cards did Zoe have at the start? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/start/#x5) - The race starts at ten o'clock. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/start/#x6) - Let's start from the beginning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/start/#x7) - It started to rain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/start/#x8) - I start school next week. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/start/#x9) - The loud bang made me start. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/start/#x10) - Stand behind the start line. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/start/#x11) - Toward evening they started for home. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/start/#x12) ### note «at the start» marks the first count. Trap: when the question asks for the start, undo the changes: add back what went, take away what came. Past «started». Opposite: end, finish. «start» and «begin» mean nearly the same. ### In the corpora - [Starting a new job means learning new systems, names and rules all at once, so people come home tired.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/3-finding-a-job-and-getting-on/18/) - [Family feuds often start over money, a will or hurtful words, and they can last for years.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/17-gran-cousins-and-the-whole-family/11/) - [The easiest way never to have a hard habit is never to start one.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/28-smoking-vaping-and-betting/4/) - [Nicotine is very addictive, so smokers feel uncomfortable until they have the next one, and most started as teenagers.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/28-smoking-vaping-and-betting/6/) - [Many people pay every month for a gym and then stop going, because starting a habit is easy and keeping it is hard.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/29-screens-diets-sofas-and-late-nights/11/) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every meaning and example of «start» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/start/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.