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# top

«top» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **the highest part of something: the top of the hill** — 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, adjective, verb (top, tops, topped, topping)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The top is the highest part of something: the top of the hill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/top/#m1)

2) The top is the upper surface or the lid: the top of the table, a bottle top. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/top/#m2)

3) A top is a piece of clothing for the upper body, like a T-shirt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/top/#m3)

4) A top (spinning top) is a toy that spins on a point. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/top/#m4)

5) Top means best or highest: the top mark, top speed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/top/#m5)

6) To top something is to put something on it, or to be better than it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/top/#m6)

7) To top something off means to finish it, often with a final touch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/top/#m7)

### sense in the lessons

Interpretation: Mountain tops such as Sinai and Moriah are places where God meets people. High places are holy or forbidden, depending on the worship held there. In the primary lessons: Maths: the highest part (top shelf, top of a hill); tops as clothes counted; the top row of a table; the top number of a fraction is the numerator. Everyday: on top of, from top to bottom, top up (fill up again), toppings on pizza.

### examples

- So Esther drew near, and touched the top of the sceptre. (Writings EST.5.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/top/#x1)
- And Balak took Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh down upon the desert. (Torah NUM.23.28, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/top/#x2)
- In the top of high places by the way, where the paths meet, she standeth; (Writings PRO.8.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/top/#x3)
- And he went up to him; and, behold, he sat on the top of the hill. (Prophets 2KI.1.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/top/#x4)
- She put 5 books on the top shelf. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/top/#x5)
- He climbed to the top of the hill in 30 minutes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/top/#x6)
- Mia bought 3 tops for 12 dollars each. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/top/#x7)
- The top layer has 10 cookies. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/top/#x8)
- The top number of a fraction tells how many parts you have. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/top/#x9)
- Put the top back on the glue stick. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/top/#x10)
- She came top of the class in spelling. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/top/#x11)
- The spinning top wobbled and fell over. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/top/#x12)
- ‘Top Off,’ said the Cat drily. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/top/#x13)

### note

Countable noun; verb doubles the p: topped. A place word or a thing counted; no operation by itself. Trap: «top up» means add more to fill again. Opposite: bottom.

### In the corpora

- [that they might be double beneath, and in like manner they should be complete unto the top thereof unto the first ring.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.1112/)
- [And Balak took Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh down upon the desert.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.864/)
- [And for the tops of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the everlasting hills,](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.952/)
- [And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.968/)
- [And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and became one band, and stood on the top of a hill.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.59/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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