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# tet

«tet» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **the Vietnamese Lunar New Year, the most important…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (proper noun: Tết); also a letter name

### meaning for a pupil

1) Tết (Tet) is the Vietnamese Lunar New Year, the most important festival in Vietnam, celebrated in late January or February with family visits, special food, flowers and red envelopes of lucky money. It is a Vietnamese word, not an English one. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tet/#m1)

2) Tet is also the name of the ninth letter of the Hebrew alphabet (ט), also written «teth». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tet/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Interpretation: Tet is the ninth letter, linked in Sefer Yetzirah with hearing, the month of Av, the sign Leo and a kidney; the tradition reads each letter as a tool of creation. In the primary lessons: In RE, geography and festivals lessons, children learn about Tết, like Chinese New Year (Lunar New Year) celebrated in Vietnam and by Vietnamese families in the USA, Australia, the UK and elsewhere. In history, the «Tet Offensive» (1968) was a major attack during the Vietnam War. Phrases: «Tết holiday», «celebrate Tết».

### examples

- Dalet-Tet-Lamed-Nun-Taw, with the tip of the tongue, serving with voice. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tet/#x1)
- == Chapter 5 == [5:1] Twelve Simple Letters, Heh-Waw Zayin-Chet Tet-Yod Lamed-Nun ʽAyin-Samekh Tzadi-Qof—Their foundation is Seeing, Hearing, Smelling, Talking, Eating, Sex, Work, Movement, Excitement, Play, Contemplation, Sleep. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tet/#x2)
- He made the letter Tet reign, and bound to it a crown, and formed with it Leo in the World, and Av in the Year, and the the right kidney in the Person. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tet/#x3)
- Linh's family celebrates Tết with sticky rice cakes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tet/#x4)
- Tết is the Vietnamese New Year. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tet/#x5)
- Children get red envelopes with lucky money at Tết. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tet/#x6)
- Houses are decorated with peach blossoms for Tết. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tet/#x7)
- We learned about Tết and Chinese New Year in class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tet/#x8)
- The Tet Offensive was an important event in the Vietnam War. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tet/#x9)

### note

Vietnamese: written «Tết», pronounced roughly «tet» to an English ear. Capital letter. Not an English word; «tête» in French (head) is different.

### In the corpora

- [la tête ("TET") is the head; the ê sounds like "eh".](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/french/16-the-body/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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