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# textual

«textual» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **to do with a text, the actual written words of a book…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (textual)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Textual means to do with a text, the actual written words of a book, poem or document. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/textual/#m1)

2) Textual evidence is words or lines taken from a text to support what you say about it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/textual/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In English and reading lessons, pupils are asked to give «textual evidence»: quote words from the story to prove a point («How do you know she is nervous? Find evidence in the text»). In history and Bible study, «textual» describes studying the exact words of old writings. Phrases: «textual evidence», «textual analysis», «textual details».

### examples

- Meroz has associated these ‘three books’ with what she regards to be the three original textual layers of the SY, woven together after their composition into a single work by an editor. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/textual/#x1)
- Use textual evidence to show how the character feels. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/textual/#x2)
- The teacher wanted a quote as textual evidence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/textual/#x3)
- Textual clues tell us the story is set in winter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/textual/#x4)
- Scholars compare old copies of the Bible for textual differences. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/textual/#x5)
- Our textual analysis looked at the poet's word choices. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/textual/#x6)
- There were small textual changes in the new edition. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/textual/#x7)

### note

A school and formal word. Related: «text», «context». Not the same as «textured» (about how a surface feels).

### Trees and pragmatics

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