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# talent

«talent» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a natural ability to do something well, like singing…** — 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 talent, talents; talent — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A talent is a natural ability to do something well, like singing, drawing or sport. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/talent/#m1)

2) Talent (uncountable) means people with such abilities: «new talent». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/talent/#m2)

3) A talent was a large weight of silver or gold used as money in ancient times. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/talent/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It is used for the gold in the Tabernacle's lampstand, which was made from a talent of pure gold. Interpretation: Tradition reads the great weight of gold as a sign of how precious the sanctuary was to Israel. In the primary lessons: In school, a «talent show» lets pupils sing, dance, tell jokes or do tricks. Teachers say everyone has talents, and that practice grows skill: talent alone is not enough. In stories a hidden talent often surprises the reader. Phrases: «a talent for», «talent show», «natural talent», «hidden talent».

### examples

- Of a talent of pure gold shall it be made, with all these vessels. (Torah EXO.25.39, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/talent/#x1)
- Of a talent of pure gold made he it, and all the vessels thereof. (Torah EXO.37.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/talent/#x2)
- And the brass of the offering was seventy talents and two thousand and four hundred shekels. (Torah EXO.38.29, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/talent/#x3)
- And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold. (Prophets 1KI.9.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/talent/#x4)
- He hired also a hundred thousand mighty men of valour out of Israel for a hundred talents of silver. (Writings 2CH.25.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/talent/#x5)
- And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon. (Prophets 1KI.9.28, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/talent/#x6)
- She has a talent for drawing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/talent/#x7)
- Our school talent show is on Friday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/talent/#x8)
- He showed real talent on the football pitch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/talent/#x9)
- Everyone has different talents. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/talent/#x10)
- Talent helps, but practice matters most. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/talent/#x11)
- The coach is looking for new talent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/talent/#x12)
- Juggling is my hidden talent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/talent/#x13)
- His children inherited, for the most part, the distinguished talents of their father. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/talent/#x14)

### note

Countable: «a talent for music»; uncountable for people: «a lot of talent». Adjective: talented. Myth: you either have talent or you don't — in fact skills improve a lot with practice.

### In the corpora

- [Of a talent of pure gold shall it be made, with all these vessels.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.739/)
- [Of a talent of pure gold made he it, and all the vessels thereof.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.1147/)
- [And the brass of the offering was seventy talents and two thousand and four hundred shekels.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.1181/)
- [And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.363/)
- [And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.378/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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