[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/suit.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/) / suit [← S](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/S/) # suit «suit» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a set of clothes made of the same cloth, usually a jacket…** — 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 (suit, suits); verb (suit, suits, suited, suiting) ### meaning for a pupil 1) A suit is a set of clothes made of the same cloth, usually a jacket with trousers or a skirt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/suit/#m1) 2) A suit is special clothing for one job: a spacesuit, a wetsuit, a swimsuit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/suit/#m2) 3) In cards, a suit is one of the four sets: hearts, diamonds, clubs, spades. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/suit/#m3) 4) To suit means to look good on someone: blue suits you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/suit/#m4) 5) To suit means to be right or convenient for someone: Monday suits me. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/suit/#m5) 6) A suit (in law) is a case brought to court. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/suit/#m6) ### sense in the lessons In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: "Make suit unto" means to plead with someone or seek their favor. A "suit" can also mean a legal case or complaint brought for judgment. Interpretation: Absalom's wish to hear every man's suit shows the judge's duty to do justice. Tradition treats judging fairly as a basic duty of a ruler. In the primary lessons: Everyday life: dads, mums and teachers may wear suits for work or weddings; children wear swimsuits and wetsuits at the beach. In maths, card suits are used in probability: a pack has 52 cards, 4 suits, 13 cards in each. In stories, «follow suit» means do the same as someone else. Phrases: a suit and tie, spacesuit, wetsuit, suit yourself, follow suit, it suits you. ### examples - Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto thee. (Writings JOB.11.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/suit/#x1) - Let the idols of them be multiplied that make suit unto another; their drink-offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take their names upon my lips. (Writings PSA.16.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/suit/#x2) - Absalom said moreover: 'Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man who hath any suit or cause might come unto me, and I would do him justice!' (Prophets 2SA.15.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/suit/#x3) - Dad wore a dark suit to the wedding. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/suit/#x4) - Astronauts wear spacesuits on spacewalks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/suit/#x5) - I wear a wetsuit to surf in cold water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/suit/#x6) - That colour really suits you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/suit/#x7) - Does Saturday suit you for the party? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/suit/#x8) - Hearts and diamonds are the red suits. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/suit/#x9) - The probability of picking a spade from a full pack is 13 out of 52, or one quarter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/suit/#x10) - When one dog barked, the others followed suit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/suit/#x11) - That is a magnificent suit of clothes!" [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/suit/#x12) ### note Pronounced «soot» (rhymes with boot). Do not confuse with «sweet» or «suite» (a set of rooms or matching furniture, said «sweet»). Maths: 52 cards ÷ 4 suits = 13 cards per suit. «Suit yourself» means «do what you like» and can sound a bit cross. ### In the corpora - [Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto thee.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.281/) - [Big flat brushes suit skies and backgrounds; small round brushes with a pointed tip suit details.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/14-painting-paints-brushes-mess-and-mistakes/5/) - [A fair test must also suit the animal.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/389-how-scientists-test-animal-minds-the-mirror-test-puzzle-boxes-and-clever-hans/5/) - [The old Magpie says "the night-air doesn't suit my throat", and a Canary calls its children to bed.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/6-alice-ch3-part2-a-long-tale/19/) - [The Rat is very cross: his boat is lost and his nice suit ruined.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/66-willows-ch11-part2-the-wild-wooders-take-toad-hall/11/) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every meaning and example of «suit» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/suit/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.