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# today

«today» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **this day, the day that is now** — 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

adverb, noun

### meaning for a pupil

1) Today is this day, the day that is now. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/today/#m1)

2) Today can also mean the present time, these days: «Children today use tablets». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/today/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

the day's lesson; the day of the story; amounts for today and yesterday are kept apart unless the question joins them; phrases: «today's lesson», «until today», «a week from today»

### examples

- And the officers of the children of Israel, whom Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, saying: 'Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your appointed task in making brick both yesterday and today as heretofore?' (Torah EXO.5.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/today/#x1)
- The letter Resh is not among them, even though it appears in the SY with the letters known commonly today by the acronym Begad-Kefat. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/today/#x2)
- And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel: 'Inquire, I pray thee, at the word of the LORD today.' (Prophets 1KI.22.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/today/#x3)
- And he said: Wherefore wilt thou go to him today? it is neither new moon nor sabbath.' And she said: 'It shall be well.' (Prophets 2KI.4.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/today/#x4)
- Today's lesson: Sharing equally. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/today/#x5)
- Today Mia picked 8 apples; yesterday she picked 5. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/today/#x6)
- How many pages did Anna read today? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/today/#x7)
- What is the weather like today? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/today/#x8)
- Today is my sister's birthday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/today/#x9)
- Many people today have a phone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/today/#x10)
- We have no homework today. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/today/#x11)
- It is colder today than it was yesterday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/today/#x12)

### note

No plural. «today's» shows belonging: today's news. Carries no operation clue; amounts for different days are kept apart unless the question asks for them together. Yesterday is the day before, tomorrow the day after.

### In the corpora

- [And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel: 'Inquire, I pray thee, at the word of the LORD today.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.806/)
- [And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel: 'Inquire, I pray thee, at the word of the LORD today.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.372/)
- [A pill box with the days of the week helps someone see whether today's tablets have been taken and avoid a double dose.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/20-the-doctor-and-the-chemist/21/)
- ["I'm being good today" about food is just a phrase; eating a biscuit does not make anyone bad.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/29-screens-diets-sofas-and-late-nights/10/)
- [It shows the worst moments, because what is new and unusual today is what makes the news.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/51-scary-news-wars-disasters-and-how-to-talk-about-them/1/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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