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[tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sunrise/#m2) ### sense in the lessons In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: "Toward the sunrising" means to the east. Interpretation: East is the direction of Eden and of the first camp of Judah. Tradition faces Jerusalem for prayer, not the sunrise. In the primary lessons: In science, sunrise happens because the Earth spins, not because the sun moves round the Earth; the sun rises in the east. In geography and maths, sunrise times change through the year: earlier in summer and later in winter. In stories, sunrise often means a new start or hope. Phrases: «at sunrise», «from sunrise to sunset», «watch the sunrise». ### examples - Then Moses separated three cities beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising; (Torah DEU.4.41, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sunrise/#x1) - and they took his land in possession, and the land of Og king of Bashan, the two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising; (Torah DEU.4.47, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sunrise/#x2) - Now those that pitch on the east side toward the sunrising shall be they of the standard of the camp of Judah, according to their hosts; the prince of the children of Judah being Nahshon the son of Amminadab, (Torah NUM.2.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sunrise/#x3) - and the land of the Gebalites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrising, from Baal-gad under mount Hermon unto the entrance of Hamath; (Prophets JOS.13.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sunrise/#x4) - They inclosed the Benjamites round about, and chased them, and overtook them at their resting-place, as far as over against Gibeah toward the sunrising. (Prophets JDG.20.43, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sunrise/#x5) - And it turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrising unto the border of Chisloth-tabor; and it went out to Dobrath, and went up to Japhia. (Prophets JOS.19.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sunrise/#x6) - We got up early to watch the sunrise. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sunrise/#x7) - The farmer works from sunrise to sunset. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sunrise/#x8) - The sun rises in the east. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sunrise/#x9) - The sunrise turned the sky pink and orange. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sunrise/#x10) - Sunrise is later in winter than in summer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sunrise/#x11) - The birds start singing before sunrise. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sunrise/#x12) - If sunrise is at 6:30 and sunset is at 7:30 in the evening, there are 13 hours of daylight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sunrise/#x13) - We left the campsite at sunrise. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sunrise/#x14) - He reached the palace at sunrise. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sunrise/#x15) ### note Countable for the picture in the sky (a beautiful sunrise), uncountable for the time (at sunrise). Opposite: sunset. Myth: the sun does not really go round the Earth; the Earth turning makes it look as if it rises. Safety: never look straight at the sun, even at sunrise. ### In the corpora - [The stones of Stonehenge line up with the sunrise in midsummer and the sunset in midwinter.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/2-the-first-farms-and-towns/16/) - [Mercury spins very slowly, so one sunrise to the next takes about 176 Earth days, two of its years.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/space/3-mercury/8/) - [On Mercury one sunrise to the next takes about 176 Earth days, which is two of its 88-day years.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/space/31-olympiad-planet-puzzles/9/) - [The line between the lit half and the dark half moves around the Earth as it spins, bringing sunrise and sunset.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/1-day-and-night/14/) - [Sunrise is your side turning towards the Sun; sunset is your side turning away.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/118-day-night-shadows-sundials/2/) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every meaning and example of «sunrise» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sunrise/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.