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# town

«town» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a place where many people live and work, bigger than a…** — 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 (town, towns)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A town is a place where many people live and work, bigger than a village and smaller than a city. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/town/#m1)

2) «Town» or «the town» can mean the centre of a place with the shops: «go into town». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/town/#m2)

3) The people of a town together are also called the town. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/town/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In school maths: a place in distance problems (from one town to another); people living in a town; population. In geography: villages, towns and cities; maps; settlements. In everyday life: going into town, the town hall, a town square. Phrases: «in town», «go into town», «out of town», «hometown», «town hall».

### examples

- All these were fortified cities, with high walls, gates, and bars; beside the unwalled towns a great many. (Torah DEU.3.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/town/#x1)
- And Moses sent to spy out Jazer, and they took the towns thereof, and drove out the Amorites that were there. (Torah NUM.21.32, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/town/#x2)
- And Israel took all these cities; and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the towns thereof. (Torah NUM.21.25, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/town/#x3)
- Ekron, with its towns and its villages; (Prophets JOS.15.45, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/town/#x4)
- and in Hazar-shual, and in Beer-sheba and the towns thereof; (Writings NEH.11.27, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/town/#x5)
- and in Ziklag, and in Meconah and in the towns thereof; (Writings NEH.11.28, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/town/#x6)
- The two towns are 60 km apart. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/town/#x7)
- 2500 people live in the town. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/town/#x8)
- A bus goes from town A to town B. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/town/#x9)
- How far is it from the town to the lake? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/town/#x10)
- We went into town to buy new shoes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/town/#x11)
- My grandparents live in a small town by the sea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/town/#x12)
- The town hall has a big clock. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/town/#x13)
- The whole town came to watch the parade. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/town/#x14)
- "It was in a little town. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/town/#x15)

### note

Countable: «a town». «Go into town» or «go to town» (no «the»). Maths: usually a place, not a number; the distance between towns is the quantity. Trap: «town A to town B and back» doubles the distance.

### In the corpora

- [And Moses sent to spy out Jazer, and they took the towns thereof, and drove out the Amorites that were there.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.788/)
- [All these were fortified cities, with high walls, gates, and bars; beside the unwalled towns a great many.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.88/)
- [Ekron, with its towns and its villages;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.411/)
- [Thou that art full of uproar, a tumultuous city, a joyous town?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.443/)
- [Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and establisheth a city by iniquity!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/HAB.32/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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