[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/the.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/) / the

[← T](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/T/)

# the

«the» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **The points to a thing you already know about or that has…** — 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

article (definite)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The points to a thing you already know about or that has been named. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/the/#m1)

2) The is used when there is only one of something: the sun, the sky, the world. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/the/#m2)

3) The is used before some names of groups, rivers, oceans and places: the Pacific, the USA. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/the/#m3)

4) The before «more … the more» shows two things grow together: «the more you read, the better you get». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/the/#m4)

5) (casual) «The» is often dropped in quick talk and texts: «bus is late», «kids are fine»; «da» or «teh» are typos or slang spellings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/the/#m5)

6) (formal) Exams pile up «the» in long phrases: «the aggregate of the quantities», «the remainder of the sum». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/the/#m6)

### sense in the lessons

marks things already known: the table, the board; it shows the problem is talking about the same thing as before; phrases: «the first», «the rest», «the same», «the whole», «the most»; in casual talk «the» goes missing («bus at 8:40», «nan's coming»), or sounds «th'»; in rough talk «the bloody bus»; in the exam voice «the aforementioned», «the said quantity», «the remainder»

### examples

- And God called the firmament Heaven. (Torah GEN.1.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/the/#x1)
- These are the generations of Noah. (Torah GEN.6.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/the/#x2)
- These are the generations of Shem. (Torah GEN.11.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/the/#x3)
- All the kings thirty and one. (Prophets JOS.12.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/the/#x4)
- Is Saul also among the prophets?' (Prophets 1SA.10.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/the/#x5)
- And the days were not expired; (Prophets 1SA.18.26, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/the/#x6)
- On the board: cups = 1. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/the/#x7)
- The apples are on the table. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/the/#x8)
- How many cards does the boy have now? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/the/#x9)
- The sun is a star. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/the/#x10)
- She is the tallest girl in the class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/the/#x11)
- We swam in the Atlantic Ocean. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/the/#x12)
- The rest of the cookies are in the jar. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/the/#x13)
- The more you practise, the faster you get. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/the/#x14)
- bus at 8:40, its 8:25 now, how long (no «the» in a text). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/the/#x15)
- The bloody dog ate the last 2 sausages. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/the/#x16)
- The aforementioned crates contain 12 bottles each. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/the/#x17)
- Determine the remainder when the sum is divided by 5. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/the/#x18)
- "Who's there?" asked the old lady. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/the/#x19)

### note

Said «thuh» before a consonant sound and «thee» before a vowel sound (the apple). Use «a/an» for something new, «the» for something known: «I saw a dog. The dog barked.» Carries no operation clue; but «the» shows a thing already counted. In texts and quick talk «the» is often missing: the meaning stays the same. «the aforementioned» and «the said» point back to things already named.

### In the corpora

- [IN THE beginning God created the heaven and the earth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.0/)
- [And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.3/)
- [And God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.4/)
- [And God called the firmament Heaven.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.8/)
- [and let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth.' And it was so.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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